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Recognised as Colour

#3E4E54

  • #3E4E54
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3E4E54 is a cyan with RGB values 62, 78, 84 and HSL 196°, 15%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3E4E54#3E4E54
HEX#3E4E54
RGBrgb(62, 78, 84)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.3059, 0.3294
RGB percentages24.3%, 30.6%, 32.9%
HSLhsl(196.4, 15.1%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 26.2%, 32.9%)
CMYK26.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 67.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,083,284
CSS custom property--colour: #3E4E54;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.67:1
Contrast with white8.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#C1B1AB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A4D54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#474A54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#375050no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.3Dim grey · ΔE 14.4Slate grey · ΔE 21.5Gray · ΔE 22.7Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6Teal · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54443E
Analogous#3E544F, #3E4354
Triadic#543E4E, #4E543E
Split complementary#543E43, #544F3E
Tetradic#4F3E54, #54443E, #43543E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A3B4BB
Lighter +30%#869DA5
Lighter +20%#69848F
Lighter +10%#546971
Darker −10%#283337
Darker −20%#131819
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2C5666
Less saturated −25%#494949

Channel breakdown

R62
G78
B84
Red62 (24.3%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue84 (32.9%)
Hue196.36°
Saturation (HSL)15.07%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 4E · B 54

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