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Recognised as Colour

#3CE2EC

  • #3CE2EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#3CE2EC is a cyan with RGB values 60, 226, 236 and HSL 183°, 82%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#3CE2EC#3CE2EC
HEX#3CE2EC
RGBrgb(60, 226, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.8863, 0.9255
RGB percentages23.5%, 88.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(183.4, 82.2%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.4, 74.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK74.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,990,252
CSS custom property--colour: #3CE2EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6141WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.28:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#C31D13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D8EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.3Aqua · ΔE 13.8Cyan · ΔE 13.8Turquoise · ΔE 14.5Light seagreen · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC463C
Analogous#3CEC9E, #3C8AEC
Triadic#EC3CE2, #E2EC3C
Split complementary#EC3C8A, #EC9E3C
Tetradic#9E3CEC, #EC463C, #8AEC3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FEFE
Lighter +30%#C7F7FA
Lighter +20%#99F0F5
Lighter +10%#6AE9F1
Darker −10%#16D4DF
Darker −20%#11A8B1
Darker −30%#0D7C82
Darker −40%#085054
More saturated +25%#29F3FF
Less saturated −25%#57CAD1

Channel breakdown

R60
G226
B236
Red60 (23.5%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue183.41°
Saturation (HSL)82.24%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G E2 · B EC

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