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Recognised as Colour

#3ABDFB

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

#3ABDFB is a cyan with RGB values 58, 189, 251 and HSL 199°, 96%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3ABDFB#3ABDFB
HEX#3ABDFB
RGBrgb(58, 189, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.7412, 0.9843
RGB percentages22.7%, 74.1%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(199.3, 96%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 76.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK76.9%, 24.7%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,849,723
CSS custom property--colour: #3ABDFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.85:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#C54204

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FBCFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#85AAFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00CDD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 3.5Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 20.5Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.7Light steelblue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 3.47, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB783A
Analogous#3AFBD9, #3A5CFB
Triadic#FB3ABD, #BDFB3A
Split complementary#FB3A5C, #FBD83A
Tetradic#D93AFB, #FB783A, #5DFB3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D0EFFE
Lighter +20%#9EDEFD
Lighter +10%#6CCEFC
Darker −10%#08ACFA
Darker −20%#048BCB
Darker −30%#036999
Darker −40%#024767
More saturated +25%#36BEFF
Less saturated −25%#53B4E2

Channel breakdown

R58
G189
B251
Red58 (22.7%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue199.27°
Saturation (HSL)96.02%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3A · G BD · B FB

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