#3c4e50

Color #3c4e50

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 5.28 Nearest Tailwind class mist-700 #394447 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#3c4e50

RGB

rgb(60, 78, 80)

HSL

hsl(186, 14.3%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 25%, 31.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 2.5%, 0%, 68.6%)

LAB

lab(31.78, -6.47, -3.49)

LCH

lch(31.78, 7.35, 208.34)

OKLCH

oklch(40.9%, 0.0228, 204.65)

HWB

hwb(186, 23.5%, 68.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#503e3c

Analogous

#3c5048

#3c4e50

#3c4450

Triadic

#3c4e50

#503c4e

#4e503c

Split-complementary

#3c4e50

#503c44

#50483c

Tetradic

#3c4e50

#3e3c50

#503e3c

#4e503c

Square

#3c4e50

#483c50

#503e3c

#44503c

Shades

Color #3c4e50 mixed toward black.

#324143

#283435

#1e2728

#141a1b

#0a0d0d

Tints

Color #3c4e50 mixed toward white.

#577073

#729295

#95adb0

#b9c8ca

#dce4e5

Tones

Color #3c4e50 mixed toward gray.

#3e4d4e

#3f4b4d

#414a4b

#434949

#444748

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.4:1

White text reads better on this background (8.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#444550 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#43424f · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#3d4f4f · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 8.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c4e50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c4e50]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3c4e50 (#3c4e50) is rgb(60, 78, 80) in RGB.

No, #3c4e50 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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