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Recognised as Colour

#3BD8BE

  • #3BD8BE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#3BD8BE is a cyan with RGB values 59, 216, 190 and HSL 170°, 67%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3BD8BE#3BD8BE
HEX#3BD8BE
RGBrgb(59, 216, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8471, 0.7451
RGB percentages23.1%, 84.7%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(170.1, 66.8%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.1, 72.7%, 84.7%)
CMYK72.7%, 0%, 12%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,922,110
CSS custom property--colour: #3BD8BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.75:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#C42741

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFCBBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABBC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 13Aquamarine · ΔE 16.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.2Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D83B55
Analogous#3BD870, #3BA3D8
Triadic#BE3BD8, #D8BE3B
Split complementary#D83BA3, #D8703B
Tetradic#703BD8, #D83B55, #A3D83B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5FAF6
Lighter +30%#BBF1E8
Lighter +20%#90E9DA
Lighter +10%#66E0CC
Darker −10%#25BBA2
Darker −20%#1D907D
Darker −30%#146658
Darker −40%#0C3B33
More saturated +25%#1EF5D2
Less saturated −25%#58BBAA

Channel breakdown

R59
G216
B190
Red59 (23.1%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue170.06°
Saturation (HSL)66.81%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G D8 · B BE

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