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Recognised as Colour

#3EB6BC

  • #3EB6BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3EB6BC is a cyan with RGB values 62, 182, 188 and HSL 183°, 50%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3EB6BC#3EB6BC
HEX#3EB6BC
RGBrgb(62, 182, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.7137, 0.7373
RGB percentages24.3%, 71.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(182.9, 50.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.9, 67%, 73.7%)
CMYK67%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,110,012
CSS custom property--colour: #3EB6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.62:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#C14943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9AEBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A0BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.9Cadetblue · ΔE 14Dark cyan · ΔE 16.3Teal · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC443E
Analogous#3EBC83, #3E77BC
Triadic#BC3EB6, #B6BC3E
Split complementary#BC3E77, #BC833E
Tetradic#833EBC, #BC443E, #77BC3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5F0F1
Lighter +30%#AFE2E4
Lighter +20%#88D4D8
Lighter +10%#62C6CB
Darker −10%#319196
Darker −20%#256C6F
Darker −30%#184749
Darker −40%#0B2123
More saturated +25%#1FD2DB
Less saturated −25%#5D9A9D

Channel breakdown

R62
G182
B188
Red62 (24.3%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue182.86°
Saturation (HSL)50.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G B6 · B BC

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