Recognised as Colour

#3BDBC5

#3BDBC5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3BDBC5 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 219, 197 and HSL 172°, 69%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#3BDBC5

RGBrgb(59, 219, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8588, 0.7725

RGB percentages23.1%, 85.9%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(171.8, 69%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 73.1%, 85.9%)

CMYK73.1%, 0%, 10%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,922,885

CSS custom property--colour: #3BDBC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.12:1

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

Contrast with black12.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#C4243A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1CEC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBBEC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00DFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 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 text12.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.86, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DB3B51

Analogous#3BDB75, #3BA1DB

Triadic#C53BDB, #DBC53B

Split complementary#DB3BA1, #DB753B

Tetradic#753BDB, #DB3B51, #A1DB3B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7FBF8

Lighter +30%#BCF3EB

Lighter +20%#91EBDE

Lighter +10%#66E3D2

Darker −10%#23C0AA

Darker −20%#1B9584

Darker −30%#136A5E

Darker −40%#0B3F37

More saturated +25%#1EF8DA

Less saturated −25%#58BEB0

Channel breakdown

R59

G219

B197

Red59 (23.1%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue171.75°

Saturation (HSL)68.97%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G DB · B C5

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