Recognised as Colour

#3CDFDD

#3CDFDD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#3CDFDD is a cyan with RGB values 60, 223, 221 and HSL 179°, 72%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#3CDFDD#3CDFDD

HEX#3CDFDD

RGBrgb(60, 223, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.8745, 0.8667

RGB percentages23.5%, 87.5%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(179.3, 71.8%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 73.1%, 87.5%)

CMYK73.1%, 0%, 0.9%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,989,469

CSS custom property--colour: #3CDFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.79:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#C32022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D4DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9C3DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00E6DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.5 Turquoise · ΔE 7.8 Aqua · ΔE 12.8 Cyan · ΔE 12.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.01, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DF3C3E

Analogous#3CDF8C, #3C90DF

Triadic#DD3CDF, #DFDD3C

Split complementary#DF3C90, #DF8C3C

Tetradic#8C3CDF, #DF3C3E, #90DF3C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBFCFC

Lighter +30%#BFF5F4

Lighter +20%#94EDEC

Lighter +10%#68E6E5

Darker −10%#21C7C5

Darker −20%#1A9B9A

Darker −30%#12706F

Darker −40%#0B4443

More saturated +25%#20FBF9

Less saturated −25%#58C3C1

Channel breakdown

R60

G223

B221

Red60 (23.5%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue179.26°

Saturation (HSL)71.81%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3C · G DF · B DD

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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