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Colour

#3BBEC5

  • #3BBEC5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#3BBEC5 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 190, 197 and HSL 183°, 54%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#3BBEC5#3BBEC5
HEX#3BBEC5
RGBrgb(59, 190, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7451, 0.7725
RGB percentages23.1%, 74.5%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(183, 54.3%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183, 70.1%, 77.3%)
CMYK70.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,915,461
CSS custom property--colour: #3BBEC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#C4413A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B6C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CA7C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 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 text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.7Light seagreen · ΔE 10.4Cadetblue · ΔE 17.1Turquoise · ΔE 18.6Dark cyan · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 9.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5423B
Analogous#3BC587, #3B79C5
Triadic#C53BBE, #BEC53B
Split complementary#C53B79, #C5873B
Tetradic#873BC5, #C5423B, #79C53B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8F2F4
Lighter +30%#B1E5E8
Lighter +20%#8AD8DC
Lighter +10%#62CBD1
Darker −10%#2F999E
Darker −20%#237377
Darker −30%#184D4F
Darker −40%#0C2728
More saturated +25%#1BDBE5
Less saturated −25%#5BA1A5

Channel breakdown

R59
G190
B197
Red59 (23.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue183.04°
Saturation (HSL)54.33%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G BE · B C5

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