Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#3C6F78

  • #3C6F78
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3C6F78 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 111, 120 and HSL 189°, 33%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3C6F78#3C6F78
HEX#3C6F78
RGBrgb(60, 111, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.4353, 0.4706
RGB percentages23.5%, 43.5%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(189, 33.3%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 50%, 47.1%)
CMYK50%, 7.5%, 0%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,960,696
CSS custom property--colour: #3C6F78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#C39087

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#676C79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D6478no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#1B7372no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.4Teal · ΔE 15.2Slate grey · ΔE 15.3Light slate grey · ΔE 17.2Dim grey · ΔE 17.8Dark cyan · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 14.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78453C
Analogous#3C7863, #3C5178
Triadic#783C6F, #6F783C
Split complementary#783C51, #78633C
Tetradic#633C78, #78453C, #51783C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABCFD5
Lighter +30%#89BBC4
Lighter +20%#67A8B3
Lighter +10%#4D8E9A
Darker −10%#2B5056
Darker −20%#1A3034
Darker −30%#091112
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#257F8F
Less saturated −25%#525F62

Channel breakdown

R60
G111
B120
Red60 (23.5%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue189°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 6F · B 78

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “3c6f78” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.