Recognised as Colour

#3BFCE2

#3BFCE2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3BFCE2 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 252, 226 and HSL 172°, 97%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3BFCE2#3BFCE2

HEX#3BFCE2

RGBrgb(59, 252, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.9882, 0.8863

RGB percentages23.1%, 98.8%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(171.9, 97%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.9, 76.6%, 98.8%)

CMYK76.6%, 0%, 10.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,931,362

CSS custom property--colour: #3BFCE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.21:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#C4031D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0EDE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7DAE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 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 text16.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 12 Aquamarine · ΔE 12.5 Aqua · ΔE 13.8 Cyan · ΔE 13.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FC3B55

Analogous#3BFC82, #3BB5FC

Triadic#E23BFC, #FCE23B

Split complementary#FC3BB5, #FC823B

Tetradic#823BFC, #FC3B55, #B6FC3B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D2FEF8

Lighter +20%#9FFEF1

Lighter +10%#6DFDE9

Darker −10%#09FBDB

Darker −20%#03CEB3

Darker −30%#029C87

Darker −40%#02695B

More saturated +25%#38FFE4

Less saturated −25%#54E3D0

Channel breakdown

R59

G252

B226

Red59 (23.1%)

Green252 (98.8%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue171.92°

Saturation (HSL)96.98%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G FC · B E2

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#3BFCE2

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else