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Recognised as Colour

#3BD3FD

  • #3BD3FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3BD3FD is a cyan with RGB values 59, 211, 253 and HSL 193°, 98%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3BD3FD#3BD3FD
HEX#3BD3FD
RGBrgb(59, 211, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8275, 0.9922
RGB percentages23.1%, 82.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(193, 98%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193, 76.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK76.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,920,893
CSS custom property--colour: #3BD3FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.92:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#C42C02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BACEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0BBFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 14.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 23.6Light blue · ΔE 25.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD653B
Analogous#3BFDC6, #3B72FD
Triadic#FD3BD3, #D3FD3B
Split complementary#FD3B72, #FDC63B
Tetradic#C63BFD, #FD653B, #72FD3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D2F5FF
Lighter +20%#A0EAFE
Lighter +10%#6DDEFE
Darker −10%#09C8FC
Darker −20%#02A3D0
Darker −30%#027C9D
Darker −40%#01546B
More saturated +25%#39D4FF
Less saturated −25%#54C5E4

Channel breakdown

R59
G211
B253
Red59 (23.1%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue192.99°
Saturation (HSL)97.98%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G D3 · B FD

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