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Recognised as Colour

#3E606C

  • #3E606C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3E606C is a cyan with RGB values 62, 96, 108 and HSL 196°, 27%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3E606C#3E606C
HEX#3E606C
RGBrgb(62, 96, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.3765, 0.4235
RGB percentages24.3%, 37.6%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(195.7, 27.1%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.7, 42.6%, 42.4%)
CMYK42.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,087,916
CSS custom property--colour: #3E606C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.79:1
Contrast with white6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#C19F93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#595E6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#52596Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#2C6464no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.6Dim grey · ΔE 15Slate grey · ΔE 15.7Light slate grey · ΔE 18.5Gray · ΔE 20.4Teal · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C4A3E
Analogous#3E6C61, #3E496C
Triadic#6C3E60, #606C3E
Split complementary#6C3E49, #6C613E
Tetradic#613E6C, #6C4A3E, #496C3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9C4CD
Lighter +30%#88AEBB
Lighter +20%#6897A8
Lighter +10%#517D8C
Darker −10%#2B434C
Darker −20%#19262B
Darker −30%#060A0B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#296A81
Less saturated −25%#535657

Channel breakdown

R62
G96
B108
Red62 (24.3%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue195.65°
Saturation (HSL)27.06%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 60 · B 6C

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