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Recognised as Colour

#3EB9BC

  • #3EB9BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3EB9BC is a cyan with RGB values 62, 185, 188 and HSL 181°, 50%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3EB9BC#3EB9BC
HEX#3EB9BC
RGBrgb(62, 185, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.7255, 0.7373
RGB percentages24.3%, 72.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(181.4, 50.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 67%, 73.7%)
CMYK67%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,110,780
CSS custom property--colour: #3EB9BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#C14643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB0BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#99A2BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 10Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.3Cadetblue · ΔE 15.2Dark cyan · ΔE 17Turquoise · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC413E
Analogous#3EBC80, #3E7ABC
Triadic#BC3EB9, #B9BC3E
Split complementary#BC3E7A, #BC803E
Tetradic#803EBC, #BC413E, #7ABC3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5F0F1
Lighter +30%#AFE3E4
Lighter +20%#88D6D8
Lighter +10%#62C9CB
Darker −10%#319396
Darker −20%#256E6F
Darker −30%#184849
Darker −40%#0B2223
More saturated +25%#1FD7DB
Less saturated −25%#5D9B9D

Channel breakdown

R62
G185
B188
Red62 (24.3%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue181.43°
Saturation (HSL)50.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G B9 · B BC

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