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Recognised as Colour

#3E7E73

  • #3E7E73
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#3E7E73 is a cyan with RGB values 62, 126, 115 and HSL 170°, 34%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#3E7E73#3E7E73
HEX#3E7E73
RGBrgb(62, 126, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.4941, 0.451
RGB percentages24.3%, 49.4%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(169.7, 34%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.7, 50.8%, 49.4%)
CMYK50.8%, 0%, 8.7%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,095,603
CSS custom property--colour: #3E7E73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#C1818C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#797873no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F7074no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#1F807Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 9.8Dark cyan · ΔE 11.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.1Light seagreen · ΔE 23.1Dim grey · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E3E49
Analogous#3E7E53, #3E697E
Triadic#733E7E, #7E733E
Split complementary#7E3E69, #7E533E
Tetradic#533E7E, #7E3E49, #697E3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0D8D1
Lighter +30%#8EC7BD
Lighter +20%#6CB6AA
Lighter +10%#4FA092
Darker −10%#2D5C54
Darker −20%#1C3A35
Darker −30%#0C1715
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#279682
Less saturated −25%#566764

Channel breakdown

R62
G126
B115
Red62 (24.3%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue169.69°
Saturation (HSL)34.04%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G 7E · B 73

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