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Recognised as Colour

#3BE5E2

  • #3BE5E2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#3BE5E2 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 229, 226 and HSL 179°, 77%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3BE5E2#3BE5E2
HEX#3BE5E2
RGBrgb(59, 229, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.898, 0.8863
RGB percentages23.1%, 89.8%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(178.9, 76.6%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 74.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK74.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,925,474
CSS custom property--colour: #3BE5E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.49:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#C41A1D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D9E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC8E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00ECE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.5Aqua · ΔE 10.6Cyan · ΔE 10.6Light seagreen · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E53B3E
Analogous#3BE58D, #3B93E5
Triadic#E23BE5, #E5E23B
Split complementary#E53B93, #E58D3B
Tetradic#8D3BE5, #E53B3E, #93E53B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFFDFD
Lighter +30%#C2F7F6
Lighter +20%#95F1EF
Lighter +10%#68EBE9
Darker −10%#1CD1CE
Darker −20%#16A4A2
Darker −30%#107775
Darker −40%#0A4A49
More saturated +25%#21FFFB
Less saturated −25%#57C9C7

Channel breakdown

R59
G229
B226
Red59 (23.1%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue178.94°
Saturation (HSL)76.58%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G E5 · B E2

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