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Recognised as Colour

#3A6E7B

  • #3A6E7B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#3A6E7B is a cyan with RGB values 58, 110, 123 and HSL 192°, 36%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#3A6E7B#3A6E7B
HEX#3A6E7B
RGBrgb(58, 110, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.4314, 0.4824
RGB percentages22.7%, 43.1%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(192, 35.9%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 52.8%, 48.2%)
CMYK52.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,829,371
CSS custom property--colour: #3A6E7B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.68:1
Contrast with white5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#C59184

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#656B7Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B647Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Tritanopia#117372no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 14.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.2Teal · ΔE 16.6Light slate grey · ΔE 16.8Dim grey · ΔE 18.5Cadetblue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 14.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B473A
Analogous#3A7B68, #3A4E7B
Triadic#7B3A6E, #6E7B3A
Split complementary#7B3A4E, #7B683A
Tetradic#683A7B, #7B473A, #4E7B3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AACED7
Lighter +30%#87BAC7
Lighter +20%#65A6B6
Lighter +10%#4A8D9E
Darker −10%#2A4F58
Darker −20%#193036
Darker −30%#091113
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#237C92
Less saturated −25%#516064

Channel breakdown

R58
G110
B123
Red58 (22.7%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)35.91%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3A · G 6E · B 7B

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