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Recognised as Colour

#3BFAEF

  • #3BFAEF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#3BFAEF is a cyan with RGB values 59, 250, 239 and HSL 177°, 95%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#3BFAEF#3BFAEF
HEX#3BFAEF
RGBrgb(59, 250, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.9804, 0.9373
RGB percentages23.1%, 98%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(176.5, 95%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.5, 76.4%, 98%)
CMYK76.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,930,863
CSS custom property--colour: #3BFAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.11:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#C40510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECECEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D9F1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00FFF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6.4Cyan · ΔE 6.4Turquoise · ΔE 9.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1Aquamarine · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA3B46
Analogous#3BFA90, #3BA5FA
Triadic#EF3BFA, #FAEF3B
Split complementary#FA3BA5, #FA903B
Tetradic#903BFA, #FA3B46, #A5FA3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D0FEFB
Lighter +20%#9EFDF7
Lighter +10%#6DFBF3
Darker −10%#09F9EB
Darker −20%#05CABF
Darker −30%#049890
Darker −40%#036661
More saturated +25%#36FFF3
Less saturated −25%#54E1D9

Channel breakdown

R59
G250
B239
Red59 (23.1%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue176.54°
Saturation (HSL)95.02%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G FA · B EF

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