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Recognised as Colour

#3CD3D0

  • #3CD3D0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#3CD3D0 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 211, 208 and HSL 179°, 63%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#3CD3D0#3CD3D0
HEX#3CD3D0
RGBrgb(60, 211, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.8275, 0.8157
RGB percentages23.5%, 82.7%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(178.8, 63.2%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.8, 71.6%, 82.7%)
CMYK71.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,986,384
CSS custom property--colour: #3CD3D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.42:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#C32C2F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C8D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0B8D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 2.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 4.4Turquoise · ΔE 8.8Light seagreen · ΔE 12.1Aqua · ΔE 17.2Cyan · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 2.11, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D33C3F
Analogous#3CD385, #3C8AD3
Triadic#D03CD3, #D3D03C
Split complementary#D33C8A, #D3853C
Tetradic#853CD3, #D33C3F, #8AD33C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2F9F8
Lighter +30%#B9EFEE
Lighter +20%#8FE6E4
Lighter +10%#66DCDA
Darker −10%#29B3B1
Darker −20%#1F8A88
Darker −30%#16605F
Darker −40%#0C3736
More saturated +25%#1EF1ED
Less saturated −25%#5AB5B3

Channel breakdown

R60
G211
B208
Red60 (23.5%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue178.81°
Saturation (HSL)63.18%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G D3 · B D0

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