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Recognised as Colour

#3BC8FE

  • #3BC8FE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3BC8FE is a cyan with RGB values 59, 200, 254 and HSL 197°, 99%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3BC8FE#3BC8FE
HEX#3BC8FE
RGBrgb(59, 200, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7843, 0.9961
RGB percentages23.1%, 78.4%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(196.6, 99%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 76.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK76.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,918,078
CSS custom property--colour: #3BC8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.88:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#C43701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#92B2FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.6Light skyblue · ΔE 12.8Sky blue · ΔE 16.8Light blue · ΔE 28.2Steel blue · ΔE 28.3Light steelblue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE713B
Analogous#3BFED3, #3B66FE
Triadic#FE3BC8, #C8FE3B
Split complementary#FE3B66, #FED33B
Tetradic#D33BFE, #FE713B, #66FE3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D3F3FF
Lighter +20%#A0E4FF
Lighter +10%#6ED6FE
Darker −10%#08BAFE
Darker −20%#0198D2
Darker −30%#01739F
Darker −40%#014F6C
More saturated +25%#3AC8FF
Less saturated −25%#54BDE5

Channel breakdown

R59
G200
B254
Red59 (23.1%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue196.62°
Saturation (HSL)98.98%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G C8 · B FE

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