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Recognised as Colour

#3CD4FA

  • #3CD4FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#3CD4FA is a cyan with RGB values 60, 212, 250 and HSL 192°, 95%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#3CD4FA#3CD4FA
HEX#3CD4FA
RGBrgb(60, 212, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.8314, 0.9804
RGB percentages23.5%, 83.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(192, 95%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 76%, 98%)
CMYK76%, 15.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,986,682
CSS custom property--colour: #3CD4FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.99:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#C32B05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCCEFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3BCFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 24Light blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA623C
Analogous#3CFAC1, #3C75FA
Triadic#FA3CD4, #D4FA3C
Split complementary#FA3C75, #FAC13C
Tetradic#C13CFA, #FA623C, #75FA3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D1F5FE
Lighter +20%#9FEAFD
Lighter +10%#6EDFFB
Darker −10%#0AC9F9
Darker −20%#05A3CB
Darker −30%#047B99
Darker −40%#035367
More saturated +25%#37D7FF
Less saturated −25%#55C5E1

Channel breakdown

R60
G212
B250
Red60 (23.5%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)95%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G D4 · B FA

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