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Recognised as Colour

#3C8BAF

  • #3C8BAF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#3C8BAF is a cyan with RGB values 60, 139, 175 and HSL 199°, 49%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#3C8BAF#3C8BAF
HEX#3C8BAF
RGBrgb(60, 139, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.5451, 0.6863
RGB percentages23.5%, 54.5%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(198.8, 48.9%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 65.7%, 68.6%)
CMYK65.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,967,919
CSS custom property--colour: #3C8BAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.5:1
Contrast with white3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#C37450

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7989B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Deuteranopia#697DAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#009597no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.8Light slate grey · ΔE 18.3Slate grey · ΔE 18.8Cadetblue · ΔE 21Teal · ΔE 24.7Dark cyan · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF603C
Analogous#3CAF9A, #3C51AF
Triadic#AF3C8B, #8BAF3C
Split complementary#AF3C51, #AF9A3C
Tetradic#9A3CAF, #AF603C, #51AF3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAE2ED
Lighter +30%#A4CDE0
Lighter +20%#7EB8D3
Lighter +10%#58A3C6
Darker −10%#2F6D89
Darker −20%#224F63
Darker −30%#15313D
Darker −40%#081217
More saturated +25%#1F96CC
Less saturated −25%#598092

Channel breakdown

R60
G139
B175
Red60 (23.5%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue198.78°
Saturation (HSL)48.94%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 8B · B AF

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