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Recognised as Colour

#3EC6BB

  • #3EC6BB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#3EC6BB is a cyan with RGB values 62, 198, 187 and HSL 175°, 54%, 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

#3EC6BB#3EC6BB
HEX#3EC6BB
RGBrgb(62, 198, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.7765, 0.7333
RGB percentages24.3%, 77.6%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(175.1, 54.4%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.1, 68.7%, 77.6%)
CMYK68.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,114,107
CSS custom property--colour: #3EC6BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45WCAG 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#C13944

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCBBBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8ADBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 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 5.3Light seagreen · ΔE 7.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.9Turquoise · ΔE 10.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.7Cadetblue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C63E49
Analogous#3EC677, #3E8DC6
Triadic#BB3EC6, #C6BB3E
Split complementary#C63E8D, #C6773E
Tetradic#773EC6, #C63E49, #8DC63E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBF5F2
Lighter +30%#B4E9E5
Lighter +20%#8DDDD7
Lighter +10%#65D2C9
Darker −10%#30A198
Darker −20%#247A73
Darker −30%#18534E
Darker −40%#0D2B29
More saturated +25%#1FE5D5
Less saturated −25%#5DA7A1

Channel breakdown

R62
G198
B187
Red62 (24.3%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue175.15°
Saturation (HSL)54.4%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G C6 · B BB

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