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Recognised as Colour

#3B4C46

  • #3B4C46
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3B4C46 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 76, 70 and HSL 159°, 13%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3B4C46#3B4C46
HEX#3B4C46
RGBrgb(59, 76, 70)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.298, 0.2745
RGB percentages23.1%, 29.8%, 27.5%
HSLhsl(158.8, 12.6%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.8, 22.4%, 29.8%)
CMYK22.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,886,150
CSS custom property--colour: #3B4C46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#C4B3B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B4A46no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#484746no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#374C4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 6.2Dim grey · ΔE 16Gray · ΔE 24.3Slate grey · ΔE 25.8Light slate grey · ΔE 28.7Teal · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4C3B41
Analogous#3B4C3E, #3B4A4C
Triadic#463B4C, #4C463B
Split complementary#4C3B4A, #4C3E3B
Tetradic#3E3B4C, #4C3B41, #4A4C3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9FB4AD
Lighter +30%#829E94
Lighter +20%#68857B
Lighter +10%#516960
Darker −10%#252F2C
Darker −20%#0E1311
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2A5D4B
Less saturated −25%#444444

Channel breakdown

R59
G76
B70
Red59 (23.1%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue70 (27.5%)
Hue158.82°
Saturation (HSL)12.59%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G 4C · B 46

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