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Recognised as Colour

#3AB8EE

  • #3AB8EE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3AB8EE is a cyan with RGB values 58, 184, 238 and HSL 198°, 84%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3AB8EE#3AB8EE
HEX#3AB8EE
RGBrgb(58, 184, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.7216, 0.9333
RGB percentages22.7%, 72.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(198, 84.1%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 75.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK75.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,848,430
CSS custom property--colour: #3AB8EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.27:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#C54711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DB6F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#85A5EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.4Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Sky blue · ΔE 17.8Steel blue · ΔE 22.3Light steelblue · ΔE 27.5Light blue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE703A
Analogous#3AEECA, #3A5EEE
Triadic#EE3AB8, #B8EE3A
Split complementary#EE3A5E, #EECA3A
Tetradic#CA3AEE, #EE703A, #5EEE3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FCFE
Lighter +30%#C7EBFA
Lighter +20%#98DAF6
Lighter +10%#69C9F2
Darker −10%#13A4E2
Darker −20%#0F82B3
Darker −30%#0B6084
Darker −40%#073D55
More saturated +25%#29BFFF
Less saturated −25%#55ADD3

Channel breakdown

R58
G184
B238
Red58 (22.7%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue198°
Saturation (HSL)84.11%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3A · G B8 · B EE

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