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Recognised as Colour

#3DB3DE

  • #3DB3DE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3DB3DE is a cyan with RGB values 61, 179, 222 and HSL 196°, 71%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3DB3DE#3DB3DE
HEX#3DB3DE
RGBrgb(61, 179, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.2392, 0.702, 0.8706
RGB percentages23.9%, 70.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(196, 70.9%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 72.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK72.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,043,742
CSS custom property--colour: #3DB3DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.7:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#C24C21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CB0E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#86A0DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 15.1Steel blue · ΔE 21.7Cadetblue · ΔE 24.7Light steelblue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE683D
Analogous#3DDEB9, #3D62DE
Triadic#DE3DB3, #B3DE3D
Split complementary#DE3D62, #DEB93D
Tetradic#B93DDE, #DE683D, #62DE3D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF7FC
Lighter +30%#C0E6F4
Lighter +20%#94D5ED
Lighter +10%#69C4E5
Darker −10%#229AC6
Darker −20%#1A789B
Darker −30%#13566F
Darker −40%#0B3544
More saturated +25%#21C0FA
Less saturated −25%#59A6C2

Channel breakdown

R61
G179
B222
Red61 (23.9%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue196.02°
Saturation (HSL)70.93%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3D · G B3 · B DE

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