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Recognised as Colour

#3E6164

  • #3E6164
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3E6164 is a cyan with RGB values 62, 97, 100 and HSL 185°, 23%, 32%. 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

#3E6164#3E6164
HEX#3E6164
RGBrgb(62, 97, 100)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.3804, 0.3922
RGB percentages24.3%, 38%, 39.2%
HSLhsl(184.7, 23.5%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 38%, 39.2%)
CMYK38%, 3%, 0%, 60.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,088,164
CSS custom property--colour: #3E6164;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.78:1
Contrast with white6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#C19E9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C5E64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#555964no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2F6462no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.7Dim grey · ΔE 14.2Slate grey · ΔE 17.7Gray · ΔE 19.8Teal · ΔE 19.8Light slate grey · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64413E
Analogous#3E6454, #3E4E64
Triadic#643E61, #61643E
Split complementary#643E4E, #64543E
Tetradic#543E64, #64413E, #4E643E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A6C5C8
Lighter +30%#87B1B4
Lighter +20%#679CA1
Lighter +10%#528083
Darker −10%#2A4245
Darker −20%#172425
Darker −30%#030506
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2A7278
Less saturated −25%#515151

Channel breakdown

R62
G97
B100
Red62 (24.3%)
Green97 (38%)
Blue100 (39.2%)
Hue184.74°
Saturation (HSL)23.46%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 61 · B 64

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