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Recognised as Colour

#3BCEE2

  • #3BCEE2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#3BCEE2 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 206, 226 and HSL 187°, 74%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#3BCEE2#3BCEE2
HEX#3BCEE2
RGBrgb(59, 206, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8078, 0.8863
RGB percentages23.1%, 80.8%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(187.2, 74.2%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.2, 73.9%, 88.6%)
CMYK73.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,919,586
CSS custom property--colour: #3BCEE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.11:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#C4311D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC6E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B5E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Light seagreen · ΔE 19.1Turquoise · ΔE 21.7Light skyblue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 11.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E24F3B
Analogous#3BE2A2, #3B7BE2
Triadic#E23BCE, #CEE23B
Split complementary#E23B7B, #E2A23B
Tetradic#A23BE2, #E24F3B, #7BE23B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDFAFC
Lighter +30%#C0EFF6
Lighter +20%#94E4EF
Lighter +10%#67D9E9
Darker −10%#1EB7CC
Darker −20%#188F9F
Darker −30%#116773
Darker −40%#0A3F47
More saturated +25%#1FE3FE
Less saturated −25%#57B9C6

Channel breakdown

R59
G206
B226
Red59 (23.1%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue187.19°
Saturation (HSL)74.22%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G CE · B E2

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