Recognised as Colour

#3F7079

#3F7079
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#3F7079 is a cyan with RGB values 63, 112, 121 and HSL 189°, 32%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#3F7079

RGBrgb(63, 112, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.4392, 0.4745

RGB percentages24.7%, 43.9%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(189.3, 31.5%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.3, 47.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK47.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,157,561

CSS custom property--colour: #3F7079;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.52:1

Contrast with white5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#C08F86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#686D7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F6679no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Tritanopia#227473no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 14.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.7 Teal · ΔE 15.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 16.5 Dim grey · ΔE 17.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 14.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#79483F

Analogous#3F7965, #3F5379

Triadic#793F70, #70793F

Split complementary#793F53, #79653F

Tetradic#653F79, #79483F, #53793F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AFCFD5

Lighter +30%#8DBBC4

Lighter +20%#6CA7B2

Lighter +10%#508F9B

Darker −10%#2E5157

Darker −20%#1C3236

Darker −30%#0B1314

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#288090

Less saturated −25%#566062

Channel breakdown

R63

G112

B121

Red63 (24.7%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue189.31°

Saturation (HSL)31.52%

Lightness36.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3F · G 70 · B 79

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