#3c5656

Color #3c5656

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 3.92 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#3c5656

RGB

rgb(60, 86, 86)

HSL

hsl(180, 17.8%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 30.2%, 33.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 0%, 0%, 66.3%)

LAB

lab(34.58, -9.71, -3.16)

LCH

lch(34.58, 10.21, 198.03)

OKLCH

oklch(43.2%, 0.0313, 195.95)

HWB

hwb(180, 23.5%, 66.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#563c3c

Analogous

#3c5649

#3c5656

#3c4956

Triadic

#3c5656

#563c56

#56563c

Split-complementary

#3c5656

#563c49

#56493c

Tetradic

#3c5656

#3c3c56

#563c3c

#56563c

Square

#3c5656

#493c56

#563c3c

#49563c

Shades

Color #3c5656 mixed toward black.

#324848

#283939

#1e2b2b

#141d1d

#0a0e0e

Tints

Color #3c5656 mixed toward white.

#557a7a

#709b9b

#94b4b4

#b8cdcd

#dbe6e6

Tones

Color #3c5656 mixed toward gray.

#3e5454

#405252

#424f4f

#454d4d

#474b4b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.66:1

White text reads better on this background (7.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494956 · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#474556 · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#3e5656 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c5656;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c5656]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#3c5656 (#3c5656) is rgb(60, 86, 86) in RGB.

No, #3c5656 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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