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Recognised as Colour

#3E5559

  • #3E5559
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3E5559 is a cyan with RGB values 62, 85, 89 and HSL 189°, 18%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3E5559#3E5559
HEX#3E5559
RGBrgb(62, 85, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.3333, 0.349
RGB percentages24.3%, 33.3%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(188.9, 17.9%, 29.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.9, 30.3%, 34.9%)
CMYK30.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,085,081
CSS custom property--colour: #3E5559;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#C1AAA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#515359no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4C5059no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#355756no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5.4Dim grey · ΔE 13.6Slate grey · ΔE 19.9Gray · ΔE 21.2Light slate grey · ΔE 22.9Teal · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59423E
Analogous#3E5950, #3E4859
Triadic#593E55, #55593E
Split complementary#593E47, #59503E
Tetradic#503E59, #59423E, #48593E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A4BBBF
Lighter +30%#86A5AA
Lighter +20%#688E95
Lighter +10%#537277
Darker −10%#29383B
Darker −20%#141C1D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2B626C
Less saturated −25%#4C4C4C

Channel breakdown

R62
G85
B89
Red62 (24.3%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue188.89°
Saturation (HSL)17.88%
Lightness29.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 55 · B 59

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