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Recognised as Colour

#3CEEE5

  • #3CEEE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#3CEEE5 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 238, 229 and HSL 177°, 84%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3CEEE5#3CEEE5
HEX#3CEEE5
RGBrgb(60, 238, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.9333, 0.898
RGB percentages23.5%, 93.3%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(177, 84%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 74.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK74.8%, 0%, 3.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,993,317
CSS custom property--colour: #3CEEE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67767WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.55:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#C3111A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E1E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CFE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00F4EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.4Aqua · ΔE 8.4Cyan · ΔE 8.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.8Aquamarine · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE3C45
Analogous#3CEE8C, #3C9EEE
Triadic#E53CEE, #EEE53C
Split complementary#EE3C9E, #EE8C3C
Tetradic#8C3CEE, #EE3C45, #9EEE3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8FEFE
Lighter +30%#C9FAF8
Lighter +20%#9AF6F2
Lighter +10%#6BF2EB
Darker −10%#14E3D9
Darker −20%#10B4AC
Darker −30%#0C857F
Darker −40%#085652
More saturated +25%#2BFFF4
Less saturated −25%#57D3CD

Channel breakdown

R60
G238
B229
Red60 (23.5%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue176.97°
Saturation (HSL)83.96%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G EE · B E5

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