Recognised as Colour

#3BE3CC

#3BE3CC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3BE3CC is a cyan with RGB values 59, 227, 204 and HSL 172°, 75%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3BE3CC#3BE3CC

HEX#3BE3CC

RGBrgb(59, 227, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.8902, 0.8

RGB percentages23.1%, 89%, 80%

HSLhsl(171.8, 75%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 74%, 89%)

CMYK74%, 0%, 10.1%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,924,940

CSS custom property--colour: #3BE3CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.05:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#C41C33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9D5CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2C5CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00E7DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Aqua · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.35, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E33B52

Analogous#3BE378, #3BA6E3

Triadic#CC3BE3, #E3CC3B

Split complementary#E33BA6, #E3783B

Tetradic#783BE3, #E33B52, #A6E33B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEFCFA

Lighter +30%#C1F6EF

Lighter +20%#94F0E3

Lighter +10%#68E9D8

Darker −10%#1DCEB5

Darker −20%#17A18E

Darker −30%#117467

Darker −40%#0A483F

More saturated +25%#1FFFE0

Less saturated −25%#57C7B8

Channel breakdown

R59

G227

B204

Red59 (23.1%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue171.79°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G E3 · B CC

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