Colour

#3CDBC4

#3CDBC4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3CDBC4 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 219, 196 and HSL 171°, 69%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#3CDBC4

RGBrgb(60, 219, 196)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.8588, 0.7686

RGB percentages23.5%, 85.9%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(171.3, 68.8%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 72.6%, 85.9%)

CMYK72.6%, 0%, 10.5%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,988,420

CSS custom property--colour: #3CDBC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.12:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#C3243B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1CEC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCBEC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00DFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.35, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DB3C53

Analogous#3CDB74, #3CA3DB

Triadic#C43CDB, #DBC43C

Split complementary#DB3CA3, #DB743C

Tetradic#743CDB, #DB3C53, #A3DB3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E8FBF8

Lighter +30%#BDF3EB

Lighter +20%#92EBDE

Lighter +10%#67E3D1

Darker −10%#24C0AA

Darker −20%#1C9584

Darker −30%#146A5E

Darker −40%#0C3F38

More saturated +25%#1FF8D9

Less saturated −25%#59BEAF

Channel breakdown

R60

G219

B196

Red60 (23.5%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue171.32°

Saturation (HSL)68.83%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3C · G DB · B C4

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