Information about #2E3937 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A calm, restrained cyan, #2E3937 leans clearly toward the dark side. Expect to see shades like this in night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Iron Storage (#2B3736). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Petanque (#2E3E34) and Grey Friars (#313436).
In RGB terms — rgb(46, 57, 55) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #2E3937 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 12.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.8:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:78) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#2E3937 color variations
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#2E3937 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#2E3937 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#2E3937 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#2E3937 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#2E3937 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #2E3937 color
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Nearest named colors to #2E3937
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#2B3736
#2E3E34
#313436
#323436
#2A3439
#313337
#2F3237
#333633
#333436
#333435
#34363A
#353839
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#2E3937
- RGB46, 57, 55
- CMYK4, 0, 1, 78
- CSSrgb(46, 57, 55)
- HSL169°, 11%, 20%
- HSL Precise169.091°, 10.68%, 20.196%
- HSV169°, 19%, 22%
- HSB169°, 19%, 22%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.180
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.224
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.216
- GLSLvec3(0.180, 0.224, 0.216)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.180, 0.224, 0.216, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.180, 0.224, 0.216)
- Percentage of Red in RGB18%
- Percentage of Green in RGB22.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB21.6%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID2E3937
- DECIMAL ID3029303
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers305 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
