Recognised as Colour

#3CDCFF

#3CDCFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#3CDCFF is a cyan with RGB values 60, 220, 255 and HSL 191°, 100%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#3CDCFF#3CDCFF

HEX#3CDCFF

RGBrgb(60, 220, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.8627, 1

RGB percentages23.5%, 86.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(190.8, 100%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 76.5%, 100%)

CMYK76.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,988,735

CSS custom property--colour: #3CDCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#C32300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5D5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAC2FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00E8E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 16.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 18.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.7 Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.4 Light blue · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5F3C

Analogous#3CFFC0, #3C7BFF

Triadic#FF3CDC, #DCFF3C

Split complementary#FF3C7B, #FFC03C

Tetradic#C03CFF, #FF5F3C, #7BFF3C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D5F7FF

Lighter +20%#A2EEFF

Lighter +10%#6FE5FF

Darker −10%#09D3FF

Darker −20%#00AFD5

Darker −30%#0085A2

Darker −40%#005B6F

More saturated +25%#3CDCFF

Less saturated −25%#54CCE7

Channel breakdown

R60

G220

B255

Red60 (23.5%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue190.77°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3C · G DC · B FF

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Colour values

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