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Recognised as Colour

#3E646D

  • #3E646D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3E646D is a cyan with RGB values 62, 100, 109 and HSL 191°, 27%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3E646D#3E646D
HEX#3E646D
RGBrgb(62, 100, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.3922, 0.4275
RGB percentages24.3%, 39.2%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(191.5, 27.5%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.5, 43.1%, 42.7%)
CMYK43.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,088,941
CSS custom property--colour: #3E646D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11243WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.46:1
Contrast with white6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#C19B92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D626Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#565C6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2A6867no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.4Dim grey · ΔE 15Slate grey · ΔE 15.6Light slate grey · ΔE 18.2Gray · ΔE 19.8Teal · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D473E
Analogous#3E6D5E, #3E4C6D
Triadic#6D3E64, #646D3E
Split complementary#6D3E4C, #6D5E3E
Tetradic#5E3E6D, #6D473E, #4C6D3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9C7CE
Lighter +30%#88B2BC
Lighter +20%#689DA9
Lighter +10%#50828E
Darker −10%#2C464C
Darker −20%#19282C
Darker −30%#070B0B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#297182
Less saturated −25%#535758

Channel breakdown

R62
G100
B109
Red62 (24.3%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue191.49°
Saturation (HSL)27.49%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 64 · B 6D

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