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Recognised as Colour

#3B6264

  • #3B6264
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3B6264 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 98, 100 and HSL 183°, 26%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3B6264#3B6264
HEX#3B6264
RGBrgb(59, 98, 100)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.3843, 0.3922
RGB percentages23.1%, 38.4%, 39.2%
HSLhsl(182.9, 25.8%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.9, 41%, 39.2%)
CMYK41%, 2%, 0%, 60.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,891,812
CSS custom property--colour: #3B6264;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.74:1
Contrast with white6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#C49D9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D5F64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#565964no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#2A6562no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8Dim grey · ΔE 15.3Teal · ΔE 18.5Slate grey · ΔE 18.5Gray · ΔE 20.5Light slate grey · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#643D3B
Analogous#3B6452, #3B4D64
Triadic#643B62, #62643B
Split complementary#643B4D, #64523B
Tetradic#523B64, #643D3B, #4E643B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A3C7C8
Lighter +30%#82B3B6
Lighter +20%#629FA3
Lighter +10%#4E8184
Darker −10%#284344
Darker −20%#152324
Darker −30%#020404
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#277478
Less saturated −25%#4F5050

Channel breakdown

R59
G98
B100
Red59 (23.1%)
Green98 (38.4%)
Blue100 (39.2%)
Hue182.93°
Saturation (HSL)25.79%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G 62 · B 64

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