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Recognised as Colour

#3CD8BE

  • #3CD8BE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#3CD8BE is a cyan with RGB values 60, 216, 190 and HSL 170°, 67%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3CD8BE#3CD8BE
HEX#3CD8BE
RGBrgb(60, 216, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.8471, 0.7451
RGB percentages23.5%, 84.7%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(170, 66.7%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170, 72.2%, 84.7%)
CMYK72.2%, 0%, 12%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,987,646
CSS custom property--colour: #3CD8BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#C32741

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFCBBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABBC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.9Aquamarine · ΔE 16.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.2Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.3, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D83C56
Analogous#3CD870, #3CA4D8
Triadic#BE3CD8, #D8BE3C
Split complementary#D83CA4, #D8703C
Tetradic#703CD8, #D83C56, #A4D83C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6FAF7
Lighter +30%#BCF2E9
Lighter +20%#91E9DA
Lighter +10%#67E1CC
Darker −10%#26BBA3
Darker −20%#1D917E
Darker −30%#156759
Darker −40%#0C3C34
More saturated +25%#1FF5D2
Less saturated −25%#59BBAB

Channel breakdown

R60
G216
B190
Red60 (23.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue170°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G D8 · B BE

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