Colour

#3C7970

#3C7970
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#3C7970 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 121, 112 and HSL 171°, 34%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#3C7970#3C7970

HEX#3C7970

RGBrgb(60, 121, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.4745, 0.4392

RGB percentages23.5%, 47.5%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(171.1, 33.7%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 50.4%, 47.5%)

CMYK50.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,963,248

CSS custom property--colour: #3C7970;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1

Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#C3868F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#747370no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A6C71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#1E7B76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 10 Dark cyan · ΔE 12.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.8 Dim grey · ΔE 22.3 Slate grey · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 10.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#793C45

Analogous#3C7952, #3C6379

Triadic#703C79, #79703C

Split complementary#793C63, #79523C

Tetradic#523C79, #793C45, #63793C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ABD6CF

Lighter +30%#89C5BC

Lighter +20%#67B4A8

Lighter +10%#4D9B90

Darker −10%#2B5750

Darker −20%#1A3531

Darker −30%#091311

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#259080

Less saturated −25%#536260

Channel breakdown

R60

G121

B112

Red60 (23.5%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue171.15°

Saturation (HSL)33.7%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3C · G 79 · B 70

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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