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Recognised as Colour

#39696F

  • #39696F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#39696F is a cyan with RGB values 57, 105, 111 and HSL 187°, 32%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#39696F#39696F
HEX#39696F
RGBrgb(57, 105, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.4118, 0.4353
RGB percentages22.4%, 41.2%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(186.7, 32.1%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.7, 48.6%, 43.5%)
CMYK48.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,762,543
CSS custom property--colour: #39696F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.13:1
Contrast with white6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#C69690

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#62666Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#595F6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#1D6D6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 11.5Teal · ΔE 15.9Slate grey · ΔE 17Dim grey · ΔE 17.1Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2Dark cyan · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 11.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6F3F39
Analogous#396F5A, #394E6F
Triadic#6F3969, #696F39
Split complementary#6F394E, #6F5A39
Tetradic#5A396F, #6F3F39, #4E6F39

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A4CBD0
Lighter +30%#82B8BF
Lighter +20%#60A5AE
Lighter +10%#4A8991
Darker −10%#28494D
Darker −20%#16292C
Darker −30%#05090A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#247984
Less saturated −25%#4E595A

Channel breakdown

R57
G105
B111
Red57 (22.4%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue186.67°
Saturation (HSL)32.14%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G 69 · B 6F

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