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Recognised as Colour

#3CE5F6

  • #3CE5F6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#3CE5F6 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 229, 246 and HSL 185°, 91%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#3CE5F6#3CE5F6
HEX#3CE5F6
RGBrgb(60, 229, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.898, 0.9647
RGB percentages23.5%, 89.8%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(185.5, 91.2%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 75.6%, 96.5%)
CMYK75.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,991,030
CSS custom property--colour: #3CE5F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63653WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.73:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#C31A09

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DCF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C9F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00EFEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Aqua · ΔE 15.4Cyan · ΔE 15.4Turquoise · ΔE 18.4Sky blue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 11.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F64D3C
Analogous#3CF6AA, #3C88F6
Triadic#F63CE5, #E5F63C
Split complementary#F63C88, #F6AA3C
Tetradic#AA3CF6, #F64D3C, #88F63C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CEF9FD
Lighter +20%#9EF2FB
Lighter +10%#6DEBF8
Darker −10%#0BDEF4
Darker −20%#09B2C3
Darker −30%#078592
Darker −40%#045962
More saturated +25%#33ECFF
Less saturated −25%#55D0DD

Channel breakdown

R60
G229
B246
Red60 (23.5%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue185.48°
Saturation (HSL)91.18%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G E5 · B F6

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