Colour

#3ABCDA

#3ABCDA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#3ABCDA is a cyan with RGB values 58, 188, 218 and HSL 191°, 68%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#3ABCDA#3ABCDA

HEX#3ABCDA

RGBrgb(58, 188, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.7373, 0.8549

RGB percentages22.7%, 73.7%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(191.3, 68.4%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.3, 73.4%, 85.5%)

CMYK73.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,849,434

CSS custom property--colour: #3ABCDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#C54325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8B6DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#92A6DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00C7C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1 Deep skyblue · ΔE 19 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 20.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.7

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DA583A

Analogous#3ADAA8, #3A6CDA

Triadic#DA3ABC, #BCDA3A

Split complementary#DA3A6C, #DAA83A

Tetradic#A83ADA, #DA583A, #6CDA3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E6F6FA

Lighter +30%#BBE8F2

Lighter +20%#90D9EA

Lighter +10%#65CBE2

Darker −10%#24A1BD

Darker −20%#1C7C92

Darker −30%#135868

Darker −40%#0B333D

More saturated +25%#1DCEF7

Less saturated −25%#57AABD

Channel breakdown

R58

G188

B218

Red58 (22.7%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue191.25°

Saturation (HSL)68.38%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3A · G BC · B DA

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Colour values

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