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Recognised as Colour

#3CABCD

  • #3CABCD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#3CABCD is a cyan with RGB values 60, 171, 205 and HSL 194°, 59%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#3CABCD#3CABCD
HEX#3CABCD
RGBrgb(60, 171, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.6706, 0.8039
RGB percentages23.5%, 67.1%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(194.1, 59.2%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 70.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK70.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,976,141
CSS custom property--colour: #3CABCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.9:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#C35432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97A7CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8398CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 15.7Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.9Cadetblue · ΔE 19.4Steel blue · ΔE 21.4Dark cyan · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 15.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD5E3C
Analogous#3CCDA7, #3C62CD
Triadic#CD3CAB, #ABCD3C
Split complementary#CD3C63, #CDA73C
Tetradic#A73CCD, #CD5E3C, #62CD3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEF1F7
Lighter +30%#B6DFEC
Lighter +20%#8DCEE2
Lighter +10%#65BCD7
Darker −10%#2C8DAA
Darker −20%#216B82
Darker −30%#174A59
Darker −40%#0C2831
More saturated +25%#1DBBEC
Less saturated −25%#5B9BAE

Channel breakdown

R60
G171
B205
Red60 (23.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue194.07°
Saturation (HSL)59.18%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G AB · B CD

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