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Recognised as Colour

#3CD7E0

  • #3CD7E0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#3CD7E0 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 215, 224 and HSL 183°, 73%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#3CD7E0#3CD7E0
HEX#3CD7E0
RGBrgb(60, 215, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.8431, 0.8784
RGB percentages23.5%, 84.3%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(183.3, 72.6%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.3, 73.2%, 87.8%)
CMYK73.2%, 4%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,987,424
CSS custom property--colour: #3CD7E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.2 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#B7B7B7
Inverted#C3281F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7CDE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0BCE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Tritanopia#00DFD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 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

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6Medium turquoise · ΔE 8Turquoise · ΔE 14.5Light seagreen · ΔE 16.4Aqua · ΔE 17.2Cyan · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0453C
Analogous#3CE097, #3C85E0
Triadic#E03CD7, #D7E03C
Split complementary#E03C85, #E0973C
Tetradic#973CE0, #E0453C, #85E03C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECFBFC
Lighter +30%#C0F2F5
Lighter +20%#94E9EE
Lighter +10%#68E0E7
Darker −10%#20C0C9
Darker −20%#19969D
Darker −30%#126C71
Darker −40%#0B4245
More saturated +25%#20F0FC
Less saturated −25%#58BEC4

Channel breakdown

R60
G215
B224
Red60 (23.5%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue183.29°
Saturation (HSL)72.57%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G D7 · B E0

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