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Recognised as Colour

#3BC8CF

  • #3BC8CF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#3BC8CF is a cyan with RGB values 59, 200, 207 and HSL 183°, 61%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#3BC8CF#3BC8CF
HEX#3BC8CF
RGBrgb(59, 200, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7843, 0.8118
RGB percentages23.1%, 78.4%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(182.8, 60.7%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.8, 71.5%, 81.2%)
CMYK71.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,918,031
CSS custom property--colour: #3BC8CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.35:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#C43730

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BFD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AFD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CFCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 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 text10.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.3Light seagreen · ΔE 11.9Turquoise · ΔE 16Cadetblue · ΔE 20.5Sky blue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 6.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF423B
Analogous#3BCF8C, #3B7ECF
Triadic#CF3BC8, #C8CF3B
Split complementary#CF3B7E, #CF8C3B
Tetradic#8C3BCF, #CF423B, #7ECF3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFF6F7
Lighter +30%#B6EAED
Lighter +20%#8DDFE3
Lighter +10%#64D3D9
Darker −10%#2AA7AD
Darker −20%#207F84
Darker −30%#16585B
Darker −40%#0C3032
More saturated +25%#1DE4EE
Less saturated −25%#5AACB1

Channel breakdown

R59
G200
B207
Red59 (23.1%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue182.84°
Saturation (HSL)60.66%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G C8 · B CF

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