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Recognised as Colour

#3E736F

  • #3E736F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#3E736F is a cyan with RGB values 62, 115, 111 and HSL 175°, 30%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#3E736F#3E736F
HEX#3E736F
RGBrgb(62, 115, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.451, 0.4353
RGB percentages24.3%, 45.1%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(175.5, 29.9%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.5, 46.1%, 45.1%)
CMYK46.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,092,783
CSS custom property--colour: #3E736F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.4:1
Contrast with white5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#C18C90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E6E6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#656770no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#257572no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 11.9Dark cyan · ΔE 15.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.3Cadetblue · ΔE 16.8Dim grey · ΔE 19Slate grey · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 11.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#733E42
Analogous#3E7355, #3E5C73
Triadic#6F3E73, #736F3E
Split complementary#733E5C, #73543E
Tetradic#553E73, #733E42, #5D733E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABD2CF
Lighter +30%#8AC0BC
Lighter +20%#69AEA9
Lighter +10%#50948F
Darker −10%#2C524F
Darker −20%#1A312F
Darker −30%#08100F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#288982
Less saturated −25%#545D5C

Channel breakdown

R62
G115
B111
Red62 (24.3%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue175.47°
Saturation (HSL)29.94%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G 73 · B 6F

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