#3c6969

Color #3c6969

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 10.81 Nearest Tailwind class teal-800 #005f5a · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#3c6969

RGB

rgb(60, 105, 105)

HSL

hsl(180, 27.3%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 42.9%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 0%, 0%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(41.35, -15.44, -4.86)

LCH

lch(41.35, 16.19, 197.47)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.0497, 195.63)

HWB

hwb(180, 23.5%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#693c3c

Analogous

#3c6953

#3c6969

#3c5369

Triadic

#3c6969

#693c69

#69693c

Split-complementary

#3c6969

#693c53

#69533c

Tetradic

#3c6969

#3c3c69

#693c3c

#69693c

Square

#3c6969

#533c69

#693c3c

#53693c

Shades

Color #3c6969 mixed toward black.

#325858

#284646

#1e3535

#142323

#0a1212

Tints

Color #3c6969 mixed toward white.

#518e8e

#6dabab

#91c0c0

#b6d5d5

#daeaea

Tones

Color #3c6969 mixed toward gray.

#406565

#446262

#475e5e

#4b5a5a

#4f5656

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535469 · ΔE 21.5

Deuteranopia

#504d69 · ΔE 24.8

Tritanopia

#3f6969 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c6969;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c6969]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#3c6969 (#3c6969) is rgb(60, 105, 105) in RGB.

No, #3c6969 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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