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Recognised as Colour

#3BC2F4

  • #3BC2F4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3BC2F4 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 194, 244 and HSL 196°, 89%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3BC2F4#3BC2F4
HEX#3BC2F4
RGBrgb(59, 194, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7608, 0.9569
RGB percentages23.1%, 76.1%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(196.2, 89.4%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 75.8%, 95.7%)
CMYK75.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,916,532
CSS custom property--colour: #3BC2F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.21:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#C43D0B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BFF6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FADF3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.9Light skyblue · ΔE 12.5Sky blue · ΔE 15.6Steel blue · ΔE 26.4Light blue · ΔE 27.1Light steelblue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F46D3B
Analogous#3BF4CA, #3B65F4
Triadic#F43BC2, #C2F43B
Split complementary#F43B65, #F4CA3B
Tetradic#CA3BF4, #F46D3B, #65F43B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFEFF
Lighter +30%#CCEFFC
Lighter +20%#9CE0F9
Lighter +10%#6BD1F7
Darker −10%#0DB2EF
Darker −20%#0B8EBE
Darker −30%#086A8E
Darker −40%#05465E
More saturated +25%#30C7FF
Less saturated −25%#55B6DA

Channel breakdown

R59
G194
B244
Red59 (23.1%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue196.22°
Saturation (HSL)89.37%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G C2 · B F4

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