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Recognised as Colour

#3BC5F5

  • #3BC5F5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3BC5F5 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 197, 245 and HSL 195°, 90%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3BC5F5#3BC5F5
HEX#3BC5F5
RGBrgb(59, 197, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7725, 0.9608
RGB percentages23.1%, 77.3%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(195.5, 90.3%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.5, 75.9%, 96.1%)
CMYK75.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,917,301
CSS custom property--colour: #3BC5F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.49:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#C43A0A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABC1F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#92AFF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 26.4Light steelblue · ΔE 27.5Steel blue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F56B3B
Analogous#3BF5C8, #3B68F5
Triadic#F53BC5, #C5F53B
Split complementary#F53B68, #F5C83B
Tetradic#C83BF5, #F56B3B, #68F53B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFEFF
Lighter +30%#CDF0FC
Lighter +20%#9CE2FA
Lighter +10%#6CD3F7
Darker −10%#0CB6F1
Darker −20%#0A91C0
Darker −30%#076C90
Darker −40%#05485F
More saturated +25%#31CAFF
Less saturated −25%#55B9DB

Channel breakdown

R59
G197
B245
Red59 (23.1%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue195.48°
Saturation (HSL)90.29%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G C5 · B F5

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