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Recognised as Colour

#3BBAF3

  • #3BBAF3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3BBAF3 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 186, 243 and HSL 199°, 88%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3BBAF3#3BBAF3
HEX#3BBAF3
RGBrgb(59, 186, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7294, 0.9529
RGB percentages23.1%, 72.9%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(198.6, 88.5%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.6, 75.7%, 95.3%)
CMYK75.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,914,483
CSS custom property--colour: #3BBAF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#C4450C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EB8F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#85A7F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 5Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.9Light steelblue · ΔE 28Cornflower blue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 5.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F3743B
Analogous#3BF3D0, #3B5EF3
Triadic#F33BBA, #BAF33B
Split complementary#F33B5E, #F3D03B
Tetradic#D03BF3, #F3743B, #5EF33B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFEFF
Lighter +30%#CBEDFC
Lighter +20%#9BDCF9
Lighter +10%#6BCBF6
Darker −10%#0EA8ED
Darker −20%#0C86BC
Darker −30%#09648C
Darker −40%#06415C
More saturated +25%#2FBFFF
Less saturated −25%#55B0D9

Channel breakdown

R59
G186
B243
Red59 (23.1%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue198.59°
Saturation (HSL)88.46%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G BA · B F3

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