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Recognised as Colour

#3BCFBF

  • #3BCFBF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#3BCFBF is a cyan with RGB values 59, 207, 191 and HSL 174°, 61%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3BCFBF#3BCFBF
HEX#3BCFBF
RGBrgb(59, 207, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8118, 0.749
RGB percentages23.1%, 81.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(173.5, 60.7%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 71.5%, 81.2%)
CMYK71.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,919,807
CSS custom property--colour: #3BCFBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.86:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#C43040

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C3BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0B4C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 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 text10.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.5Light seagreen · ΔE 11.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12Aqua · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF3B4B
Analogous#3BCF75, #3B95CF
Triadic#BF3BCF, #CFBF3B
Split complementary#CF3B95, #CF753B
Tetradic#753BCF, #CF3B4B, #95CF3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFF7F5
Lighter +30%#B6EDE7
Lighter +20%#8DE3DA
Lighter +10%#64D9CC
Darker −10%#2AAD9F
Darker −20%#208479
Darker −30%#165B53
Darker −40%#0C322E
More saturated +25%#1DEED7
Less saturated −25%#5AB1A7

Channel breakdown

R59
G207
B191
Red59 (23.1%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue173.51°
Saturation (HSL)60.66%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G CF · B BF

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