Colour

#3C474B

#3C474B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3C474B is a cyan with RGB values 60, 71, 75 and HSL 196°, 11%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3C474B#3C474B

HEX#3C474B

RGBrgb(60, 71, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.2784, 0.2941

RGB percentages23.5%, 27.8%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(196, 11.1%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196, 20%, 29.4%)

CMYK20%, 5.3%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,950,411

CSS custom property--colour: #3C474B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05975WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.57:1

Contrast with white9.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#C3B8B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#45464Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#42444Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#384848no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8.5 Dim grey · ΔE 15.9 Slate grey · ΔE 24.5 Gray · ΔE 24.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.6 Black · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.52, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B403C

Analogous#3C4B48, #3C404B

Triadic#4B3C47, #474B3C

Split complementary#4B3C40, #4B483C

Tetradic#483C4B, #4B403C, #404B3C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A0AEB3

Lighter +30%#84969C

Lighter +20%#697D84

Lighter +10%#536267

Darker −10%#252C2F

Darker −20%#0F1112

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2B4F5C

Less saturated −25%#444444

Channel breakdown

R60

G71

B75

Red60 (23.5%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue196°

Saturation (HSL)11.11%

Lightness26.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3C · G 47 · B 4B

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Colour values

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