Recognised as Colour

#3CDEC3

#3CDEC3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3CDEC3 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 222, 195 and HSL 170°, 71%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3CDEC3#3CDEC3

HEX#3CDEC3

RGBrgb(60, 222, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.8706, 0.7647

RGB percentages23.5%, 87.1%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(170, 71.1%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170, 73%, 87.1%)

CMYK73%, 0%, 12.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,989,187

CSS custom property--colour: #3CDEC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.43:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#C3213C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5D0C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFC0C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2D6no 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 text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Aqua · ΔE 19

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#DE3C57

Analogous#3CDE72, #3CA8DE

Triadic#C33CDE, #DEC33C

Split complementary#DE3CA8, #DE723C

Tetradic#723CDE, #DE3C57, #A8DE3C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAFCF9

Lighter +30%#BFF4EB

Lighter +20%#93EDDE

Lighter +10%#68E5D0

Darker −10%#21C6AA

Darker −20%#1A9A85

Darker −30%#136E5F

Darker −40%#0B4339

More saturated +25%#20FBD6

Less saturated −25%#59C2B0

Channel breakdown

R60

G222

B195

Red60 (23.5%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue170°

Saturation (HSL)71.05%

Lightness55.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3C · G DE · B C3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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