Colour

#3BD4BD

#3BD4BD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3BD4BD is a cyan with RGB values 59, 212, 189 and HSL 171°, 64%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#3BD4BD

RGBrgb(59, 212, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8314, 0.7412

RGB percentages23.1%, 83.1%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(171, 64%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171, 72.2%, 83.1%)

CMYK72.2%, 0%, 10.8%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,921,085

CSS custom property--colour: #3BD4BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#C42B42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBC7BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6B8BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00D8CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 14.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.81, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D43B52

Analogous#3BD471, #3B9FD4

Triadic#BD3BD4, #D4BD3B

Split complementary#D43B9E, #D4713B

Tetradic#713BD4, #D43B52, #9ED43B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2F9F5

Lighter +30%#B8F0E7

Lighter +20%#8FE6D9

Lighter +10%#65DDCB

Darker −10%#28B49F

Darker −20%#1E8B7A

Darker −30%#156155

Darker −40%#0C3730

More saturated +25%#1DF2D2

Less saturated −25%#59B6A8

Channel breakdown

R59

G212

B189

Red59 (23.1%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue170.98°

Saturation (HSL)64.02%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G D4 · B BD

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