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Recognised as Colour

#3CC4BF

  • #3CC4BF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#3CC4BF is a cyan with RGB values 60, 196, 191 and HSL 178°, 54%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#3CC4BF#3CC4BF
HEX#3CC4BF
RGBrgb(60, 196, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.7686, 0.749
RGB percentages23.5%, 76.9%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(177.8, 53.5%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.8, 69.4%, 76.9%)
CMYK69.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,982,527
CSS custom property--colour: #3CC4BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#C33B40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BABFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4ABC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 4.6Light seagreen · ΔE 6.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 7Turquoise · ΔE 12.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.8Cadetblue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 4.58, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C43C41
Analogous#3CC47B, #3C85C4
Triadic#BF3CC4, #C4BF3C
Split complementary#C43C85, #C47B3C
Tetradic#7B3CC4, #C43C41, #85C43C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9F3F2
Lighter +30%#B1E8E6
Lighter +20%#8ADCD9
Lighter +10%#63D0CC
Darker −10%#309D99
Darker −20%#247673
Darker −30%#184F4D
Darker −40%#0C2827
More saturated +25%#1CE4DC
Less saturated −25%#5CA4A2

Channel breakdown

R60
G196
B191
Red60 (23.5%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue177.79°
Saturation (HSL)53.54%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G C4 · B BF

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