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Recognised as Colour

#3C5D63

  • #3C5D63
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3C5D63 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 93, 99 and HSL 189°, 25%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3C5D63#3C5D63
HEX#3C5D63
RGBrgb(60, 93, 99)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.3647, 0.3882
RGB percentages23.5%, 36.5%, 38.8%
HSLhsl(189.2, 24.5%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 39.4%, 38.8%)
CMYK39.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 61.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,956,067
CSS custom property--colour: #3C5D63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.15:1
Contrast with white7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#C3A29C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#585B63no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#515663no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#2D605Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.1Dim grey · ΔE 14.4Slate grey · ΔE 17.9Gray · ΔE 20.6Light slate grey · ΔE 20.7Teal · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63423C
Analogous#3C6356, #3C4963
Triadic#633C5D, #5D633C
Split complementary#633C49, #63563C
Tetradic#563C63, #63423C, #49633C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A3C2C8
Lighter +30%#84ADB4
Lighter +20%#6498A1
Lighter +10%#4F7B83
Darker −10%#293F43
Darker −20%#162123
Darker −30%#020404
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#286B77
Less saturated −25%#505050

Channel breakdown

R60
G93
B99
Red60 (23.5%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue99 (38.8%)
Hue189.23°
Saturation (HSL)24.53%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 5D · B 63

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