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Recognised as Colour

#3E7E79

  • #3E7E79
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#3E7E79 is a cyan with RGB values 62, 126, 121 and HSL 175°, 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

#3E7E79#3E7E79
HEX#3E7E79
RGBrgb(62, 126, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.4941, 0.4745
RGB percentages24.3%, 49.4%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(175.3, 34%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.3, 50.8%, 49.4%)
CMYK50.8%, 0%, 4%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,095,609
CSS custom property--colour: #3E7E79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.7:1
Contrast with white4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#C18186

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#787879no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D707Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#1A817Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 8.6Dark cyan · ΔE 10.9Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.1Slate grey · ΔE 21.3Light slate grey · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 8.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E3E43
Analogous#3E7E59, #3E637E
Triadic#793E7E, #7E793E
Split complementary#7E3E63, #7E593E
Tetradic#593E7E, #7E3E43, #637E3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0D8D5
Lighter +30%#8EC7C3
Lighter +20%#6CB6B1
Lighter +10%#4FA09A
Darker −10%#2D5C58
Darker −20%#1C3A37
Darker −30%#0C1717
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#27968D
Less saturated −25%#566765

Channel breakdown

R62
G126
B121
Red62 (24.3%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue175.31°
Saturation (HSL)34.04%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G 7E · B 79

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