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Recognised as Colour

#3CBEFB

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

#3CBEFB is a cyan with RGB values 60, 190, 251 and HSL 199°, 96%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3CBEFB#3CBEFB
HEX#3CBEFB
RGBrgb(60, 190, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.7451, 0.9843
RGB percentages23.5%, 74.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(199.2, 96%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 76.1%, 98.4%)
CMYK76.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,981,051
CSS custom property--colour: #3CBEFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.95:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#C34104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BCFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#86ABFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00CED3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 3.6Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 19.9Steel blue · ΔE 24.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.3Light steelblue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 3.55, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB793C
Analogous#3CFBD8, #3C5FFB
Triadic#FB3CBE, #BEFB3C
Split complementary#FB3C5F, #FBD93C
Tetradic#D83CFB, #FB793C, #5EFB3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D2F0FE
Lighter +20%#A0DFFD
Lighter +10%#6ECFFC
Darker −10%#0AADFA
Darker −20%#048DCD
Darker −30%#036A9B
Darker −40%#024869
More saturated +25%#38BFFF
Less saturated −25%#55B5E2

Channel breakdown

R60
G190
B251
Red60 (23.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue199.16°
Saturation (HSL)95.98%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G BE · B FB

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