#3c5551

Color #3c5551

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 4.31 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#3c5551

RGB

rgb(60, 85, 81)

HSL

hsl(170.4, 17.2%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.4, 29.4%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 4.7%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(34.09, -10.43, -0.73)

LCH

lch(34.09, 10.46, 184)

OKLCH

oklch(42.8%, 0.0311, 183.88)

HWB

hwb(170.4, 23.5%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#553c40

Analogous

#3c5544

#3c5551

#3c4c55

Triadic

#3c5551

#513c55

#55513c

Split-complementary

#3c5551

#553c4c

#55443c

Tetradic

#3c5551

#3c4055

#553c40

#55513c

Square

#3c5551

#443c55

#553c40

#4c553c

Shades

Color #3c5551 mixed toward black.

#324743

#283936

#1e2a28

#141c1b

#0a0e0d

Tints

Color #3c5551 mixed toward white.

#557973

#709a94

#94b3ae

#b8cdc9

#dbe6e4

Tones

Color #3c5551 mixed toward gray.

#3e534f

#40514e

#424f4d

#444d4b

#464a4a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484852 · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#474552 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#3e5353 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c5551;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c5551]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3c5551 (#3c5551) is rgb(60, 85, 81) in RGB.

No, #3c5551 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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