Recognised as Colour

#3F8FAA

#3F8FAA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#3F8FAA is a cyan with RGB values 63, 143, 170 and HSL 195°, 46%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#3F8FAA#3F8FAA

HEX#3F8FAA

RGBrgb(63, 143, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.5608, 0.6667

RGB percentages24.7%, 56.1%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(195.1, 45.9%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.1, 62.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK62.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,165,546

CSS custom property--colour: #3F8FAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.72:1

Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#C07055

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#808CABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7081AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Tritanopia#009798no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 15.5 Steel blue · ΔE 16.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 17.2 Slate grey · ΔE 17.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.5 Teal · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 15.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AA5A3F

Analogous#3FAA90, #3F5AAA

Triadic#AA3F8F, #8FAA3F

Split complementary#AA3F5A, #AA903F

Tetradic#903FAA, #AA5A3F, #5AAA3F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAE3EB

Lighter +30%#A5CFDD

Lighter +20%#7FBBD0

Lighter +10%#5AA8C2

Darker −10%#317085

Darker −20%#235060

Darker −30%#16313A

Darker −40%#081215

More saturated +25%#229DC7

Less saturated −25%#5C818D

Channel breakdown

R63

G143

B170

Red63 (24.7%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue195.14°

Saturation (HSL)45.92%

Lightness45.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3F · G 8F · B AA

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