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Recognised as Colour

#3BDBFE

  • #3BDBFE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#3BDBFE is a cyan with RGB values 59, 219, 254 and HSL 191°, 99%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#3BDBFE#3BDBFE
HEX#3BDBFE
RGBrgb(59, 219, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8588, 0.9961
RGB percentages23.1%, 85.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(190.8, 99%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 76.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK76.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,922,942
CSS custom property--colour: #3BDBFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58749WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.75:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#C42401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4D4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAC1FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 16.1Light skyblue · ΔE 18.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.4Light blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE5E3B
Analogous#3BFEBF, #3B7AFE
Triadic#FE3BDB, #DBFE3B
Split complementary#FE3B7A, #FEBF3B
Tetradic#BF3BFE, #FE5E3B, #7AFE3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D3F7FF
Lighter +20%#A0EEFF
Lighter +10%#6EE4FE
Darker −10%#08D2FE
Darker −20%#01ACD2
Darker −30%#01839F
Darker −40%#01596C
More saturated +25%#3ADCFF
Less saturated −25%#54CBE5

Channel breakdown

R59
G219
B254
Red59 (23.1%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue190.77°
Saturation (HSL)98.98%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G DB · B FE

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