Recognised as Colour

#3CEDF9

#3CEDF9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#3CEDF9 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 237, 249 and HSL 184°, 94%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#3CEDF9#3CEDF9

HEX#3CEDF9

RGBrgb(60, 237, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.9294, 0.9765

RGB percentages23.5%, 92.9%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(183.8, 94%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.8, 75.9%, 97.6%)

CMYK75.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,993,081

CSS custom property--colour: #3CEDF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.67:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#C31206

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAE3FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0CFFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00F6F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 11.3 Cyan · ΔE 11.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Turquoise · ΔE 16 Pale turquoise · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9483C

Analogous#3CF9A7, #3C8EF9

Triadic#F93CED, #EDF93C

Split complementary#F93C8E, #F9A73C

Tetradic#A73CF9, #F9483C, #8EF93C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D0FBFE

Lighter +20%#9FF6FC

Lighter +10%#6DF2FB

Darker −10%#0BE8F7

Darker −20%#06BCC9

Darker −30%#058E97

Darker −40%#036066

More saturated +25%#36F2FF

Less saturated −25%#55D7E0

Channel breakdown

R60

G237

B249

Red60 (23.5%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue183.81°

Saturation (HSL)94.03%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3C · G ED · B F9

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Colour harmonies

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