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Recognised as Colour

#3CA8DC

  • #3CA8DC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3CA8DC is a cyan with RGB values 60, 168, 220 and HSL 200°, 70%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3CA8DC#3CA8DC
HEX#3CA8DC
RGBrgb(60, 168, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.6588, 0.8627
RGB percentages23.5%, 65.9%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(199.5, 69.6%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 72.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK72.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,975,388
CSS custom property--colour: #3CA8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#C35723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EA7DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7997DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.3Steel blue · ΔE 16.1Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Sky blue · ΔE 19.8Light steelblue · ΔE 27Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC703C
Analogous#3CDCC0, #3C58DC
Triadic#DC3CA8, #A8DC3C
Split complementary#DC3C58, #DCC03C
Tetradic#C03CDC, #DC703C, #58DC3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9F5FB
Lighter +30%#BEE2F3
Lighter +20%#92CFEC
Lighter +10%#67BBE4
Darker −10%#238EC2
Darker −20%#1B6F97
Darker −30%#134F6C
Darker −40%#0C2F40
More saturated +25%#1FB2F9
Less saturated −25%#599EBF

Channel breakdown

R60
G168
B220
Red60 (23.5%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue199.5°
Saturation (HSL)69.57%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G A8 · B DC

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