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Colour

#3C8E87

  • #3C8E87
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#3C8E87 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 142, 135 and HSL 175°, 41%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#3C8E87#3C8E87
HEX#3C8E87
RGBrgb(60, 142, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.5569, 0.5294
RGB percentages23.5%, 55.7%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(174.9, 40.6%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 57.7%, 55.7%)
CMYK57.7%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,968,647
CSS custom property--colour: #3C8E87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#C37178

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#878787no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A7D88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00918Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 6.9Teal · ΔE 7.8Cadetblue · ΔE 10.5Light seagreen · ΔE 16.2Slate grey · ΔE 25.4Light slate grey · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E3C43
Analogous#3C8E5E, #3C6C8E
Triadic#873C8E, #8E873C
Split complementary#8E3C6C, #8E5E3C
Tetradic#5E3C8E, #8E3C43, #6C8E3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6E0DD
Lighter +30%#92D1CC
Lighter +20%#6EC2BB
Lighter +10%#4BB2A9
Darker −10%#2D6A65
Darker −20%#1E4643
Darker −30%#0F2221
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#23A79C
Less saturated −25%#557572

Channel breakdown

R60
G142
B135
Red60 (23.5%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue174.88°
Saturation (HSL)40.59%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G 8E · B 87

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