Recognised as Colour

#3CF2CD

#3CF2CD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#3CF2CD is a cyan with RGB values 60, 242, 205 and HSL 168°, 87%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#3CF2CD

RGBrgb(60, 242, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.949, 0.8039

RGB percentages23.5%, 94.9%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(167.8, 87.5%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167.8, 75.2%, 94.9%)

CMYK75.2%, 0%, 15.3%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,994,317

CSS custom property--colour: #3CF2CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#C30D32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9E2CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D1D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00F5E7no 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 text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 10.4 Turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.4 Aqua · ΔE 20.4 Cyan · ΔE 20.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 10.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F23C61

Analogous#3CF272, #3CBCF2

Triadic#CD3CF2, #F2CD3C

Split complementary#F23CBC, #F2723C

Tetradic#723CF2, #F23C61, #BCF23C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFFFE

Lighter +30%#CBFCF2

Lighter +20%#9CF8E6

Lighter +10%#6CF5D9

Darker −10%#10EBBF

Darker −20%#0DBC98

Darker −30%#098C71

Darker −40%#065C4A

More saturated +25%#2FFFD5

Less saturated −25%#56D8BE

Channel breakdown

R60

G242

B205

Red60 (23.5%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue167.8°

Saturation (HSL)87.5%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3C · G F2 · B CD

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