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Recognised as Colour

#3AE3E1

  • #3AE3E1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#3AE3E1 is a cyan with RGB values 58, 227, 225 and HSL 179°, 75%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#3AE3E1#3AE3E1
HEX#3AE3E1
RGBrgb(58, 227, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.8902, 0.8824
RGB percentages22.7%, 89%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(179.3, 75.1%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 74.4%, 89%)
CMYK74.4%, 0%, 0.9%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,859,425
CSS custom property--colour: #3AE3E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.25:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#C51C1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D8E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC6E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00EAE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.7Turquoise · ΔE 7.7Aqua · ΔE 11.3Cyan · ΔE 11.3Light seagreen · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E33A3C
Analogous#3AE38C, #3A91E3
Triadic#E13AE3, #E3E13A
Split complementary#E33A91, #E38C3A
Tetradic#8C3AE3, #E33A3C, #91E33A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDFCFC
Lighter +30%#C0F6F5
Lighter +20%#93F0EF
Lighter +10%#67E9E8
Darker −10%#1DCDCB
Darker −20%#17A09F
Darker −30%#107472
Darker −40%#0A4746
More saturated +25%#1EFFFC
Less saturated −25%#56C7C6

Channel breakdown

R58
G227
B225
Red58 (22.7%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue179.29°
Saturation (HSL)75.11%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3A · G E3 · B E1

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