Recognised as Colour

#3CE5CE

#3CE5CE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3CE5CE is a cyan with RGB values 60, 229, 206 and HSL 172°, 76%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3CE5CE#3CE5CE

HEX#3CE5CE

RGBrgb(60, 229, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.898, 0.8078

RGB percentages23.5%, 89.8%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(171.8, 76.5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 73.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK73.8%, 0%, 10%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,990,990

CSS custom property--colour: #3CE5CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61456WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.29:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#C31A31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBD7CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4C7D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E9DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 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 text13.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.6 Aqua · ΔE 15.7 Cyan · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.59, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E53C53

Analogous#3CE57A, #3CA7E5

Triadic#CE3CE5, #E5CE3C

Split complementary#E53CA7, #E5793C

Tetradic#7A3CE5, #E53C53, #A8E53C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0FDFB

Lighter +30%#C3F7F0

Lighter +20%#96F1E5

Lighter +10%#69EBD9

Darker −10%#1CD2B9

Darker −20%#16A592

Darker −30%#10786A

Darker −40%#0A4B42

More saturated +25%#22FFE1

Less saturated −25%#58C9BA

Channel breakdown

R60

G229

B206

Red60 (23.5%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue171.83°

Saturation (HSL)76.47%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3C · G E5 · B CE

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