Colour

#3BCADB

#3BCADB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#3BCADB is a cyan with RGB values 59, 202, 219 and HSL 186°, 69%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#3BCADB#3BCADB

HEX#3BCADB

RGBrgb(59, 202, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7922, 0.8588

RGB percentages23.1%, 79.2%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(186.4, 69%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 73.1%, 85.9%)

CMYK73.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,918,555

CSS custom property--colour: #3BCADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.66:1

Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#C43524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9C2DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2B2DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00D3CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 17 Sky blue · ΔE 17.3 Turquoise · ΔE 20.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 21.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DB4C3B

Analogous#3BDB9C, #3B7ADB

Triadic#DB3BCA, #CADB3B

Split complementary#DB3B7A, #DB9C3B

Tetradic#9C3BDB, #DB4C3B, #7ADB3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E7F9FB

Lighter +30%#BCEDF3

Lighter +20%#91E1EB

Lighter +10%#66D6E3

Darker −10%#23AFC0

Darker −20%#1B8895

Darker −30%#13606A

Darker −40%#0B393F

More saturated +25%#1EE1F8

Less saturated −25%#58B3BE

Channel breakdown

R59

G202

B219

Red59 (23.1%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue186.38°

Saturation (HSL)68.97%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3B · G CA · B DB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#3BCADB

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else