Colour

#3BDEDC

#3BDEDC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#3BDEDC is a cyan with RGB values 59, 222, 220 and HSL 179°, 71%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#3BDEDC

RGBrgb(59, 222, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8706, 0.8627

RGB percentages23.1%, 87.1%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(179.3, 71.2%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 73.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK73.4%, 0%, 0.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,923,676

CSS custom property--colour: #3BDEDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.67:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#C42123

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0D3DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8C2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00E5DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.2 Turquoise · ΔE 7.8 Aqua · ΔE 13.1 Cyan · ΔE 13.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.72, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE3B3D

Analogous#3BDE8B, #3B8FDE

Triadic#DC3BDE, #DEDC3B

Split complementary#DE3B8F, #DE8B3B

Tetradic#8B3BDE, #DE3B3D, #8FDE3B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAFBFB

Lighter +30%#BEF4F3

Lighter +20%#92EDEC

Lighter +10%#67E5E4

Darker −10%#21C5C3

Darker −20%#1A9998

Darker −30%#126E6C

Darker −40%#0B4241

More saturated +25%#1EFBF8

Less saturated −25%#58C1C0

Channel breakdown

R59

G222

B220

Red59 (23.1%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue179.26°

Saturation (HSL)71.18%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G DE · B DC

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