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Recognised as Colour

#3BD5C3

  • #3BD5C3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#3BD5C3 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 213, 195 and HSL 173°, 65%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3BD5C3#3BD5C3
HEX#3BD5C3
RGBrgb(59, 213, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8353, 0.7647
RGB percentages23.1%, 83.5%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(173, 64.7%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 72.3%, 83.5%)
CMYK72.3%, 0%, 8.5%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,921,347
CSS custom property--colour: #3BD5C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.49:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#C42A3C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBC9C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B9C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.1Light seagreen · ΔE 13.7Aqua · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.06, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D53B4D
Analogous#3BD576, #3B9AD5
Triadic#C33BD5, #D5C33B
Split complementary#D53B9A, #D5763B
Tetradic#763BD5, #D53B4D, #9AD53B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3F9F6
Lighter +30%#B9F0EA
Lighter +20%#8FE7DD
Lighter +10%#65DED0
Darker −10%#27B6A5
Darker −20%#1E8C7F
Darker −30%#156259
Darker −40%#0C3833
More saturated +25%#1DF3DA
Less saturated −25%#59B7AC

Channel breakdown

R59
G213
B195
Red59 (23.1%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue172.99°
Saturation (HSL)64.71%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G D5 · B C3

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