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Recognised as Colour

#3E4F4F

  • #3E4F4F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3E4F4F is a cyan with RGB values 62, 79, 79 and HSL 180°, 12%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3E4F4F#3E4F4F
HEX#3E4F4F
RGBrgb(62, 79, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.3098, 0.3098
RGB percentages24.3%, 31%, 31%
HSLhsl(180, 12.1%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 21.5%, 31%)
CMYK21.5%, 0%, 0%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,083,535
CSS custom property--colour: #3E4F4F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07181WCAG 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 8.62:1
Contrast with white8.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#C1B0B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D4D4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#494B4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#39504Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5.4Dim grey · ΔE 14.1Gray · ΔE 22.5Slate grey · ΔE 22.7Light slate grey · ΔE 25.7Teal · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4F3E3E
Analogous#3E4F47, #3E474F
Triadic#4F3E4F, #4F4F3E
Split complementary#4F3E47, #4F473E
Tetradic#473E4F, #4F3E3E, #474F3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A3B6B6
Lighter +30%#86A0A0
Lighter +20%#6B8888
Lighter +10%#546C6C
Darker −10%#283232
Darker −20%#111616
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2C6161
Less saturated −25%#474747

Channel breakdown

R62
G79
B79
Red62 (24.3%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)12.06%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 4F · B 4F

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