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Recognised as Colour

#3E5453

  • #3E5453
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3E5453 is a cyan with RGB values 62, 84, 83 and HSL 177°, 15%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3E5453#3E5453
HEX#3E5453
RGBrgb(62, 84, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.3294, 0.3255
RGB percentages24.3%, 32.9%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(177.3, 15.1%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.3, 26.2%, 32.9%)
CMYK26.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 67.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,084,819
CSS custom property--colour: #3E5453;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.08:1
Contrast with white8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#C1ABAC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#515253no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D4F53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#375554no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 4.4Dim grey · ΔE 13.7Gray · ΔE 21.5Slate grey · ΔE 21.7Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6Teal · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 4.4, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#543E3F
Analogous#3E5448, #3E4A54
Triadic#533E54, #54533E
Split complementary#543E4A, #54483E
Tetradic#483E54, #543E3F, #4A543E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A3BBBA
Lighter +30%#86A5A4
Lighter +20%#698F8D
Lighter +10%#547170
Darker −10%#283736
Darker −20%#131919
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2C6664
Less saturated −25%#494949

Channel breakdown

R62
G84
B83
Red62 (24.3%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue177.27°
Saturation (HSL)15.07%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G 54 · B 53

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