Recognised as Colour

#3BD5FE

#3BD5FE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#3BD5FE is a cyan with RGB values 59, 213, 254 and HSL 193°, 99%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#3BD5FE#3BD5FE

HEX#3BD5FE

RGBrgb(59, 213, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8353, 0.9961

RGB percentages23.1%, 83.5%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(192.6, 99%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 76.8%, 99.6%)

CMYK76.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,921,406

CSS custom property--colour: #3BD5FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.13:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#C42A01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCCFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2BDFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 15 Light skyblue · ΔE 15.5 Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 23 Light blue · ΔE 25.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 15.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FE643B

Analogous#3BFEC5, #3B74FE

Triadic#FE3BD5, #D5FE3B

Split complementary#FE3B74, #FEC53B

Tetradic#C53BFE, #FE643B, #74FE3B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D3F6FF

Lighter +20%#A0EBFF

Lighter +10%#6EE0FE

Darker −10%#08CAFE

Darker −20%#01A6D2

Darker −30%#017E9F

Darker −40%#01566C

More saturated +25%#3AD6FF

Less saturated −25%#54C7E5

Channel breakdown

R59

G213

B254

Red59 (23.1%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue192.62°

Saturation (HSL)98.98%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3B · G D5 · B FE

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Colour values

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