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Recognised as Colour

#3C504C

  • #3C504C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3C504C is a cyan with RGB values 60, 80, 76 and HSL 168°, 14%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3C504C#3C504C
HEX#3C504C
RGBrgb(60, 80, 76)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.3137, 0.298
RGB percentages23.5%, 31.4%, 29.8%
HSLhsl(168, 14.3%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168, 25%, 31.4%)
CMYK25%, 0%, 5%, 68.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,952,716
CSS custom property--colour: #3C504C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.59:1
Contrast with white8.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#C3AFB3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E4E4Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A4B4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Tritanopia#37514Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 4.8Dim grey · ΔE 14.9Gray · ΔE 23Slate grey · ΔE 23.9Light slate grey · ΔE 26.8Teal · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 4.77, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#503C40
Analogous#3C5042, #3C4A50
Triadic#4C3C50, #504C3C
Split complementary#503C4A, #50423C
Tetradic#423C50, #503C40, #4A503C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A0B8B3
Lighter +30%#83A29C
Lighter +20%#688A83
Lighter +10%#526D68
Darker −10%#263330
Darker −20%#101615
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2B6257
Less saturated −25%#464646

Channel breakdown

R60
G80
B76
Red60 (23.5%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue76 (29.8%)
Hue168°
Saturation (HSL)14.29%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G 50 · B 4C

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