Colour

#3CFFEE

#3CFFEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#3CFFEE is a cyan with RGB values 60, 255, 238 and HSL 175°, 100%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#3CFFEE#3CFFEE

HEX#3CFFEE

RGBrgb(60, 255, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 1, 0.9333

RGB percentages23.5%, 100%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(174.8, 100%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.8, 76.5%, 100%)

CMYK76.5%, 0%, 6.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,997,678

CSS custom property--colour: #3CFFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.73:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#C30011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2F1EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7DDF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 9 Cyan · ΔE 9 Turquoise · ΔE 11.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF3C4D

Analogous#3CFF8C, #3CAFFF

Triadic#EE3CFF, #FFEE3C

Split complementary#FF3CAF, #FF8D3C

Tetradic#8C3CFF, #FF3C4D, #AFFF3C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D5FFFB

Lighter +20%#A2FFF7

Lighter +10%#6FFFF2

Darker −10%#09FFEA

Darker −20%#00D5C2

Darker −30%#00A294

Darker −40%#006F65

More saturated +25%#3CFFEE

Less saturated −25%#54E7DA

Channel breakdown

R60

G255

B238

Red60 (23.5%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue174.77°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3C · G FF · B EE

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Colour values

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