Recognised as Colour

#3BFADB

#3BFADB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#3BFADB is a cyan with RGB values 59, 250, 219 and HSL 170°, 95%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#3BFADB#3BFADB

HEX#3BFADB

RGBrgb(59, 250, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.9804, 0.8588

RGB percentages23.1%, 98%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(170.3, 95%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.3, 76.4%, 98%)

CMYK76.4%, 0%, 12.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,930,843

CSS custom property--colour: #3BFADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#C40524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0EBDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7D8DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00FEF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 11.2 Turquoise · ΔE 13 Aqua · ΔE 16.6 Cyan · ΔE 16.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 11.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA3B5A

Analogous#3BFA7B, #3BBAFA

Triadic#DB3BFA, #FADB3B

Split complementary#FA3BBA, #FA7B3B

Tetradic#7B3BFA, #FA3B5A, #BAFA3B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D0FEF6

Lighter +20%#9EFDED

Lighter +10%#6DFBE4

Darker −10%#09F9D2

Darker −20%#05CAAA

Darker −30%#049880

Darker −40%#036656

More saturated +25%#36FFDE

Less saturated −25%#54E1CA

Channel breakdown

R59

G250

B219

Red59 (23.1%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue170.26°

Saturation (HSL)95.02%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G FA · B DB

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