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Recognised as Colour

#3AA6DB

  • #3AA6DB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3AA6DB is a cyan with RGB values 58, 166, 219 and HSL 200°, 69%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3AA6DB#3AA6DB
HEX#3AA6DB
RGBrgb(58, 166, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.651, 0.8588
RGB percentages22.7%, 65.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(199.8, 69.1%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.8, 73.5%, 85.9%)
CMYK73.5%, 24.2%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,843,803
CSS custom property--colour: #3AA6DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#C55924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CA5DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7695DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.6Steel blue · ΔE 15.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Sky blue · ΔE 20.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.5Light steelblue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB6F3A
Analogous#3ADBC0, #3A55DB
Triadic#DB3AA6, #A6DB3A
Split complementary#DB3A55, #DBBF3A
Tetradic#C03ADB, #DB6F3A, #56DB3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F4FB
Lighter +30%#BBE0F3
Lighter +20%#90CDEB
Lighter +10%#65B9E3
Darker −10%#238CBF
Darker −20%#1B6C94
Darker −30%#134D69
Darker −40%#0B2D3E
More saturated +25%#1DB0F8
Less saturated −25%#579CBE

Channel breakdown

R58
G166
B219
Red58 (22.7%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue199.75°
Saturation (HSL)69.1%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3A · G A6 · B DB

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