Recognised as Colour

#3CB9BF

#3CB9BF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#3CB9BF is a cyan with RGB values 60, 185, 191 and HSL 183°, 52%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3CB9BF#3CB9BF

HEX#3CB9BF

RGBrgb(60, 185, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.7255, 0.749

RGB percentages23.5%, 72.5%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(182.7, 52.2%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 68.6%, 74.9%)

CMYK68.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,979,711

CSS custom property--colour: #3CB9BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.88:1

Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#C34640

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ACB1C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#98A2C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00C0BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.3 Turquoise · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BF423C

Analogous#3CBF84, #3C77BF

Triadic#BF3CB9, #B9BF3C

Split complementary#BF3C77, #BF843C

Tetradic#843CBF, #BF423C, #77BF3C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5F1F2

Lighter +30%#AEE3E6

Lighter +20%#88D6D9

Lighter +10%#61C8CD

Darker −10%#309398

Darker −20%#246E71

Darker −30%#17484B

Darker −40%#0B2324

More saturated +25%#1DD6DE

Less saturated −25%#5B9CA0

Channel breakdown

R60

G185

B191

Red60 (23.5%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue182.75°

Saturation (HSL)52.19%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3C · G B9 · B BF

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