Recognised as Colour

#3CFAE7

#3CFAE7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3CFAE7 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 250, 231 and HSL 174°, 95%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3CFAE7#3CFAE7

HEX#3CFAE7

RGBrgb(60, 250, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.9804, 0.9059

RGB percentages23.5%, 98%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(174, 95%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174, 76%, 98%)

CMYK76%, 0%, 7.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,996,391

CSS custom property--colour: #3CFAE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75101WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.02:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#C30518

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDECE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4D9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.9 Aqua · ΔE 10.3 Cyan · ΔE 10.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.86, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA3C4F

Analogous#3CFA88, #3CAEFA

Triadic#E73CFA, #FAE73C

Split complementary#FA3CAE, #FA883C

Tetradic#883CFA, #FA3C4F, #AEFA3C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D1FEF9

Lighter +20%#9FFDF3

Lighter +10%#6EFBED

Darker −10%#0AF9E1

Darker −20%#05CBB7

Darker −30%#04998A

Darker −40%#03675D

More saturated +25%#37FFEB

Less saturated −25%#55E1D3

Channel breakdown

R60

G250

B231

Red60 (23.5%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue174°

Saturation (HSL)95%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3C · G FA · B E7

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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