Recognised as Colour

#3F5D57

#3F5D57
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3F5D57 is a cyan with RGB values 63, 93, 87 and HSL 168°, 19%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3F5D57#3F5D57

HEX#3F5D57

RGBrgb(63, 93, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.3647, 0.3412

RGB percentages24.7%, 36.5%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(168, 19.2%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168, 32.3%, 36.5%)

CMYK32.3%, 0%, 6.5%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,152,663

CSS custom property--colour: #3F5D57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.2:1

Contrast with white7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#C0A2A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5A57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#555658no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Tritanopia#365E5Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 6.9 Dim grey · ΔE 14.5 Gray · ΔE 20.7 Teal · ΔE 21.5 Slate grey · ΔE 21.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5D3F45

Analogous#3F5D48, #3F545D

Triadic#573F5D, #5D573F

Split complementary#5D3F54, #5D483F

Tetradic#483F5D, #5D3F45, #545D3F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A6C2BD

Lighter +30%#87AEA6

Lighter +20%#699990

Lighter +10%#547B73

Darker −10%#2A3F3B

Darker −20%#16201E

Darker −30%#010202

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2C7163

Less saturated −25%#4E4E4E

Channel breakdown

R63

G93

B87

Red63 (24.7%)

Green93 (36.5%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue168°

Saturation (HSL)19.23%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3F · G 5D · B 57

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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