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Recognised as Colour

#3CF6FF

  • #3CF6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#3CF6FF is a cyan with RGB values 60, 246, 255 and HSL 183°, 100%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#3CF6FF#3CF6FF
HEX#3CF6FF
RGBrgb(60, 246, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.9647, 1
RGB percentages23.5%, 96.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(182.8, 100%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.8, 76.5%, 100%)
CMYK76.5%, 3.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,995,391
CSS custom property--colour: #3CF6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#C30900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4EBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D7FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Tritanopia#00FFF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 7.8Cyan · ΔE 7.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5Turquoise · ΔE 15.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF453C
Analogous#3CFFA6, #3C95FF
Triadic#FF3CF6, #F6FF3C
Split complementary#FF3C95, #FFA73C
Tetradic#A63CFF, #FF453C, #94FF3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D5FDFF
Lighter +20%#A2FBFF
Lighter +10%#6FF8FF
Darker −10%#09F4FF
Darker −20%#00CBD5
Darker −30%#009BA2
Darker −40%#006A6F
More saturated +25%#3CF6FF
Less saturated −25%#54E0E7

Channel breakdown

R60
G246
B255
Red60 (23.5%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue182.77°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G F6 · B FF

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