Recognised as Colour

#3BF4D7

#3BF4D7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3BF4D7 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 244, 215 and HSL 171°, 89%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#3BF4D7

RGBrgb(59, 244, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.9569, 0.8431

RGB percentages23.1%, 95.7%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(170.6, 89.4%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 75.8%, 95.7%)

CMYK75.8%, 0%, 11.9%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,929,303

CSS custom property--colour: #3BF4D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#C40B28

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAE5D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1D3D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original

Tritanopia#00F8EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 11.5 Aqua · ΔE 16 Cyan · ΔE 16 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F43B58

Analogous#3BF47A, #3BB5F4

Triadic#D73BF4, #F4D73B

Split complementary#F43BB5, #F47A3B

Tetradic#7A3BF4, #F43B58, #B5F43B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFFFE

Lighter +30%#CCFCF5

Lighter +20%#9CF9EB

Lighter +10%#6BF7E1

Darker −10%#0DEFCB

Darker −20%#0BBEA2

Darker −30%#088E79

Darker −40%#055E50

More saturated +25%#30FFDF

Less saturated −25%#55DAC5

Channel breakdown

R59

G244

B215

Red59 (23.1%)

Green244 (95.7%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue170.59°

Saturation (HSL)89.37%

Lightness59.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G F4 · B D7

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