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Recognised as Colour

#3E93AE

  • #3E93AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#3E93AE is a cyan with RGB values 62, 147, 174 and HSL 194°, 47%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#3E93AE#3E93AE
HEX#3E93AE
RGBrgb(62, 147, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.5765, 0.6824
RGB percentages24.3%, 57.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(194.5, 47.5%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 64.4%, 68.2%)
CMYK64.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,101,038
CSS custom property--colour: #3E93AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#C16C51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8390AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#7384AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009C9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 15.1Steel blue · ΔE 17.3Light slate grey · ΔE 18.3Slate grey · ΔE 19.1Dark cyan · ΔE 19.2Teal · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 15.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE593E
Analogous#3EAE91, #3E5BAE
Triadic#AE3E93, #93AE3E
Split complementary#AE3E5B, #AE913E
Tetradic#913EAE, #AE593E, #5BAE3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBE5ED
Lighter +30%#A6D1DF
Lighter +20%#80BED2
Lighter +10%#5BABC4
Darker −10%#317388
Darker −20%#235363
Darker −30%#16343D
Darker −40%#081418
More saturated +25%#20A2CC
Less saturated −25%#5C8491

Channel breakdown

R62
G147
B174
Red62 (24.3%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue194.46°
Saturation (HSL)47.46%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 93 · B AE

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