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Recognised as Colour

#3E7C8F

  • #3E7C8F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#3E7C8F is a cyan with RGB values 62, 124, 143 and HSL 194°, 40%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#3E7C8F#3E7C8F
HEX#3E7C8F
RGBrgb(62, 124, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.4863, 0.5608
RGB percentages24.3%, 48.6%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(194.1, 39.5%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 56.6%, 56.1%)
CMYK56.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,095,119
CSS custom property--colour: #3E7C8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#C18370

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#707990no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#64708Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#008282no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 14Light slate grey · ΔE 14.9Cadetblue · ΔE 16.2Teal · ΔE 16.6Dark cyan · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 14.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8F513E
Analogous#3E8F7A, #3E538F
Triadic#8F3E7C, #7C8F3E
Split complementary#8F3E53, #8F7A3E
Tetradic#7A3E8F, #8F513E, #548F3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9D7E0
Lighter +30%#95C3D1
Lighter +20%#71AFC2
Lighter +10%#4E9BB2
Darker −10%#2F5D6B
Darker −20%#1F3E48
Darker −30%#101F24
Darker −40%#000101
More saturated +25%#248AA9
Less saturated −25%#586E75

Channel breakdown

R62
G124
B143
Red62 (24.3%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue194.07°
Saturation (HSL)39.51%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 7C · B 8F

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