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Recognised as Colour

#3C9273

  • #3C9273
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#3C9273 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 146, 115 and HSL 158°, 42%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#3C9273#3C9273
HEX#3C9273
RGBrgb(60, 146, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.5725, 0.451
RGB percentages23.5%, 57.3%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(158.4, 41.7%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.4, 58.9%, 57.3%)
CMYK58.9%, 0%, 21.2%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,969,651
CSS custom property--colour: #3C9273;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.55:1
Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#C36D8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F8971no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#828075no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Tritanopia#0D9289no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 13.2Dark cyan · ΔE 18.2Light seagreen · ΔE 19.1Teal · ΔE 19.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 13.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#923C5B
Analogous#3C9248, #3C8692
Triadic#733C92, #92733C
Split complementary#923C86, #92483C
Tetradic#483C92, #923C5B, #86923C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8E2D3
Lighter +30%#94D3BC
Lighter +20%#70C4A6
Lighter +10%#4CB58F
Darker −10%#2D6E57
Darker −20%#1E4A3A
Darker −30%#0F261E
Darker −40%#010101
More saturated +25%#22AC7A
Less saturated −25%#56786C

Channel breakdown

R60
G146
B115
Red60 (23.5%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue158.37°
Saturation (HSL)41.75%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G 92 · B 73

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