Recognised as Colour
#3E5E53
- #3E5E53
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#3E5E53 is a cyan with RGB values 62, 94, 83 and HSL 159°, 21%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#3E5E53#3E5E53
HEX#3E5E53
RGBrgb(62, 94, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.3686, 0.3255
RGB percentages24.3%, 36.9%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(159.4, 20.5%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.4, 34%, 36.9%)
CMYK34%, 0%, 11.7%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,087,379
CSS custom property--colour: #3E5E53;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.09654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#C1A1AC
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5E3E49
Analogous#3E5E43, #3E595E
Triadic#533E5E, #5E533E
Split complementary#5E3E59, #5E433E
Tetradic#433E5E, #5E3E49, #595E3E
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R62
G94
B83
Red62 (24.3%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue159.38°
Saturation (HSL)20.51%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G 5E · B 53
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