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Recognised as Colour

#3BC7DA

  • #3BC7DA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#3BC7DA is a cyan with RGB values 59, 199, 218 and HSL 187°, 68%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#3BC7DA#3BC7DA
HEX#3BC7DA
RGBrgb(59, 199, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7804, 0.8549
RGB percentages23.1%, 78%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(187.2, 68.2%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.2, 72.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK72.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,917,786
CSS custom property--colour: #3BC7DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#C43825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5BFDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FAFDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Light seagreen · ΔE 17.6Cadetblue · ΔE 21Light skyblue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 11.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA4E3B
Analogous#3BDA9D, #3B78DA
Triadic#DA3BC7, #C7DA3B
Split complementary#DA3B78, #DA9D3B
Tetradic#9D3BDA, #DA4E3B, #78DA3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7F8FA
Lighter +30%#BCECF2
Lighter +20%#91E0EA
Lighter +10%#66D3E2
Darker −10%#24ACBE
Darker −20%#1C8593
Darker −30%#145E68
Darker −40%#0C373D
More saturated +25%#1EDDF7
Less saturated −25%#58B1BD

Channel breakdown

R59
G199
B218
Red59 (23.1%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue187.17°
Saturation (HSL)68.24%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G C7 · B DA

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