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Recognised as Colour

#3CDAC5

  • #3CDAC5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#3CDAC5 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 218, 197 and HSL 172°, 68%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3CDAC5#3CDAC5
HEX#3CDAC5
RGBrgb(60, 218, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.8549, 0.7725
RGB percentages23.5%, 85.5%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(172, 68.1%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 72.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK72.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,988,165
CSS custom property--colour: #3CDAC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.03:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#C3253A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0CDC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABDC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#00DED3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 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 text12.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7Light seagreen · ΔE 16Aquamarine · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.54, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA3C51
Analogous#3CDA76, #3CA0DA
Triadic#C53CDA, #DAC53C
Split complementary#DA3CA0, #DA763C
Tetradic#763CDA, #DA3C51, #A0DA3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7FBF8
Lighter +30%#BDF2EB
Lighter +20%#92EADE
Lighter +10%#67E2D2
Darker −10%#24BFAA
Darker −20%#1C9484
Darker −30%#14695E
Darker −40%#0C3E37
More saturated +25%#1FF7DA
Less saturated −25%#59BDB0

Channel breakdown

R60
G218
B197
Red60 (23.5%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue172.03°
Saturation (HSL)68.1%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G DA · B C5

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