Recognised as Colour

#3E565F

#3E565F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3E565F is a cyan with RGB values 62, 86, 95 and HSL 196°, 21%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3E565F#3E565F

HEX#3E565F

RGBrgb(62, 86, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.3373, 0.3725

RGB percentages24.3%, 33.7%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(196.4, 21%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 34.7%, 37.3%)

CMYK34.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,085,343

CSS custom property--colour: #3E565F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.77:1

Contrast with white7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#525252

Inverted#C1A9A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#515560no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C515Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Tritanopia#335959no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.7 Dim grey · ΔE 14.1 Slate grey · ΔE 18.5 Gray · ΔE 21.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.6 Teal · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5F473E

Analogous#3E5F58, #3E465F

Triadic#5F3E56, #565F3E

Split complementary#5F3E46, #5F583E

Tetradic#583E5F, #5F473E, #465F3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A5BCC4

Lighter +30%#86A5B0

Lighter +20%#678D9C

Lighter +10%#52727E

Darker −10%#2A3A40

Darker −20%#161E21

Darker −30%#020202

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2A5F73

Less saturated −25%#4F4F4F

Channel breakdown

R62

G86

B95

Red62 (24.3%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue196.36°

Saturation (HSL)21.02%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3E · G 56 · B 5F

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