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Recognised as Colour

#3BCFDD

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

#3BCFDD is a cyan with RGB values 59, 207, 221 and HSL 185°, 70%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#3BCFDD#3BCFDD
HEX#3BCFDD
RGBrgb(59, 207, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8118, 0.8667
RGB percentages23.1%, 81.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(185.2, 70.4%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.2, 73.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK73.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,919,837
CSS custom property--colour: #3BCFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.16:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#C43022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC6DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B6DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.5Light seagreen · ΔE 16.5Turquoise · ΔE 18.3Sky blue · ΔE 18.9Aqua · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD493B
Analogous#3BDD9A, #3B7EDD
Triadic#DD3BCF, #CFDD3B
Split complementary#DD3B7E, #DD9A3B
Tetradic#9A3BDD, #DD493B, #7EDD3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9FAFB
Lighter +30%#BDEFF4
Lighter +20%#92E4EC
Lighter +10%#66DAE5
Darker −10%#22B5C3
Darker −20%#1A8D98
Darker −30%#13646C
Darker −40%#0B3C41
More saturated +25%#1EE7FA
Less saturated −25%#58B7C0

Channel breakdown

R59
G207
B221
Red59 (23.1%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue185.19°
Saturation (HSL)70.43%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G CF · B DD

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