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Recognised as Colour

#3C4E55

  • #3C4E55
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3C4E55 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 78, 85 and HSL 197°, 17%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3C4E55#3C4E55
HEX#3C4E55
RGBrgb(60, 78, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.3059, 0.3333
RGB percentages23.5%, 30.6%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(196.8, 17.2%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.8, 29.4%, 33.3%)
CMYK29.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,952,213
CSS custom property--colour: #3C4E55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07065WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.7:1
Contrast with white8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#C3B1AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A4D55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#464A55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#345050no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.2Dim grey · ΔE 14.9Slate grey · ΔE 21.5Gray · ΔE 23.1Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6Teal · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55433C
Analogous#3C554F, #3C4255
Triadic#553C4E, #4E553C
Split complementary#553C42, #554F3C
Tetradic#4F3C55, #55433C, #42553C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A1B5BC
Lighter +30%#839DA7
Lighter +20%#668591
Lighter +10%#516973
Darker −10%#273337
Darker −20%#121719
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2A5667
Less saturated −25%#494949

Channel breakdown

R60
G78
B85
Red60 (23.5%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue196.8°
Saturation (HSL)17.24%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 4E · B 55

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