#3e5457

Color #3e5457

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 5.08 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#3e5457

RGB

rgb(62, 84, 87)

HSL

hsl(187.2, 16.8%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.2, 28.7%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(34.09, -7.57, -4.49)

LCH

lch(34.09, 8.8, 210.67)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.0273, 206.57)

HWB

hwb(187.2, 24.3%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57413e

Analogous

#3e574d

#3e5457

#3e4757

Triadic

#3e5457

#573e54

#54573e

Split-complementary

#3e5457

#573e47

#574d3e

Tetradic

#3e5457

#413e57

#57413e

#54573e

Square

#3e5457

#4d3e57

#57413e

#47573e

Shades

Color #3e5457 mixed toward black.

#344648

#29383a

#1f2a2b

#151c1d

#0a0e0e

Tints

Color #3e5457 mixed toward white.

#57767a

#72969b

#96b0b4

#b9cbcd

#dce5e6

Tones

Color #3e5457 mixed toward gray.

#405255

#425153

#444f51

#464e4f

#484c4d

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

#484956 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#474556 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#3f5656 · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 9.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3e5457;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e5457]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3e5457 (#3e5457) is rgb(62, 84, 87) in RGB.

No, #3e5457 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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