Colour

#3BF7DF

#3BF7DF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3BF7DF is a cyan with RGB values 59, 247, 223 and HSL 172°, 92%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3BF7DF#3BF7DF

HEX#3BF7DF

RGBrgb(59, 247, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.9686, 0.8745

RGB percentages23.1%, 96.9%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(172.3, 92.2%, 60%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 76.1%, 96.9%)

CMYK76.1%, 0%, 9.7%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,930,079

CSS custom property--colour: #3BF7DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.56:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#C40820

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBE8DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D6E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00FCF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 12.9 Aqua · ΔE 13.1 Cyan · ΔE 13.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F73B53

Analogous#3BF781, #3BB1F7

Triadic#DF3BF7, #F7DF3B

Split complementary#F73BB1, #F7813B

Tetradic#813BF7, #F73B53, #B1F73B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#CEFDF7

Lighter +20%#9DFBEF

Lighter +10%#6CF9E7

Darker −10%#0AF5D7

Darker −20%#08C4AC

Darker −30%#069381

Darker −40%#046256

More saturated +25%#33FFE5

Less saturated −25%#55DECC

Channel breakdown

R59

G247

B223

Red59 (23.1%)

Green247 (96.9%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue172.34°

Saturation (HSL)92.16%

Lightness60%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G F7 · B DF

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