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Recognised as Colour

#3DC6BC

  • #3DC6BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#3DC6BC is a cyan with RGB values 61, 198, 188 and HSL 176°, 55%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#3DC6BC#3DC6BC
HEX#3DC6BC
RGBrgb(61, 198, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.2392, 0.7765, 0.7373
RGB percentages23.9%, 77.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(175.6, 54.6%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.6, 69.2%, 77.6%)
CMYK69.2%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,048,572
CSS custom property--colour: #3DC6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#C23943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBBBBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7ADBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBC3no 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 text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 4.9Light seagreen · ΔE 7.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.4Turquoise · ΔE 10.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Cadetblue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 4.91, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C63D47
Analogous#3DC678, #3D8CC6
Triadic#BC3DC6, #C6BC3D
Split complementary#C63D8C, #C6783D
Tetradic#773DC6, #C63D47, #8BC63D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBF4F2
Lighter +30%#B3E9E5
Lighter +20%#8CDDD7
Lighter +10%#64D2CA
Darker −10%#2FA198
Darker −20%#247973
Darker −30%#18524E
Darker −40%#0C2B28
More saturated +25%#1EE5D7
Less saturated −25%#5CA7A1

Channel breakdown

R61
G198
B188
Red61 (23.9%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue175.62°
Saturation (HSL)54.58%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3D · G C6 · B BC

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