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Recognised as Colour

#3CE5DF

  • #3CE5DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#3CE5DF is a cyan with RGB values 60, 229, 223 and HSL 178°, 76%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3CE5DF#3CE5DF
HEX#3CE5DF
RGBrgb(60, 229, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.898, 0.8745
RGB percentages23.5%, 89.8%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(177.9, 76.5%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 73.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK73.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,991,007
CSS custom property--colour: #3CE5DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.47:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#C31A20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D9DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC8E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.2Aqua · ΔE 10.8Cyan · ΔE 10.8Light seagreen · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E53C42
Analogous#3CE58B, #3C96E5
Triadic#DF3CE5, #E5DF3C
Split complementary#E53C96, #E58B3C
Tetradic#8B3CE5, #E53C42, #96E53C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0FDFD
Lighter +30%#C3F7F5
Lighter +20%#96F1EE
Lighter +10%#69EBE6
Darker −10%#1CD2CC
Darker −20%#16A5A0
Darker −30%#107874
Darker −40%#0A4B49
More saturated +25%#22FFF7
Less saturated −25%#58C9C5

Channel breakdown

R60
G229
B223
Red60 (23.5%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue177.87°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G E5 · B DF

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