Recognised as Colour

#3A5851

#3A5851
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3A5851 is a cyan with RGB values 58, 88, 81 and HSL 166°, 21%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#3A5851

RGBrgb(58, 88, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.3451, 0.3176

RGB percentages22.7%, 34.5%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(166, 20.5%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(166, 34.1%, 34.5%)

CMYK34.1%, 0%, 8%, 65.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,823,697

CSS custom property--colour: #3A5851;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.79:1

Contrast with white7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#C5A7AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#565451no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#505152no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Tritanopia#315956no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5.7 Dim grey · ΔE 16 Gray · ΔE 22.6 Teal · ΔE 22.7 Slate grey · ΔE 23.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#583A41

Analogous#3A5842, #3A5058

Triadic#513A58, #58513A

Split complementary#583A50, #58423A

Tetradic#423A58, #583A41, #50583A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#9FBFB8

Lighter +30%#80ABA1

Lighter +20%#63958A

Lighter +10%#4E776D

Darker −10%#263935

Darker −20%#111B18

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#286A5B

Less saturated −25%#494949

Channel breakdown

R58

G88

B81

Red58 (22.7%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue166°

Saturation (HSL)20.55%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3A · G 58 · B 51

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Colour harmonies

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