Recognised as Colour

#3BCFBA

#3BCFBA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Turquoise

#3BCFBA is a cyan with RGB values 59, 207, 186 and HSL 171°, 61%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3BCFBA#3BCFBA

HEX#3BCFBA

RGBrgb(59, 207, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8118, 0.7294

RGB percentages23.1%, 81.2%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(171.5, 60.7%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.5, 71.5%, 81.2%)

CMYK71.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,919,802

CSS custom property--colour: #3BCFBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49101WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.82:1

Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#C43045

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6C3B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1B4BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00D3C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 12.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.71, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CF3B50

Analogous#3BCF70, #3B9ACF

Triadic#BA3BCF, #CFBA3B

Split complementary#CF3B9A, #CF703B

Tetradic#703BCF, #CF3B50, #9ACF3B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFF7F4

Lighter +30%#B6EDE5

Lighter +20%#8DE3D7

Lighter +10%#64D9C8

Darker −10%#2AAD9A

Darker −20%#208476

Darker −30%#165B51

Darker −40%#0C322C

More saturated +25%#1DEED0

Less saturated −25%#5AB1A4

Channel breakdown

R59

G207

B186

Red59 (23.1%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue171.49°

Saturation (HSL)60.66%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G CF · B BA

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