Recognised as Colour

#3EDEC3

#3EDEC3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#3EDEC3 is a cyan with RGB values 62, 222, 195 and HSL 170°, 71%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#3EDEC3

RGBrgb(62, 222, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.8706, 0.7647

RGB percentages24.3%, 87.1%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(169.9, 70.8%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.9, 72.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK72.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,120,259

CSS custom property--colour: #3EDEC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.44:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#C1213C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5D0C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFC1C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E1D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.23, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DE3E59

Analogous#3EDE73, #3EA9DE

Triadic#C33EDE, #DEC33E

Split complementary#DE3EA9, #DE733E

Tetradic#733EDE, #DE3E59, #A9DE3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#ECFCF9

Lighter +30%#C1F4EC

Lighter +20%#95EDDE

Lighter +10%#6AE5D1

Darker −10%#22C7AB

Darker −20%#1B9B86

Darker −30%#137060

Darker −40%#0C443B

More saturated +25%#22FAD6

Less saturated −25%#5AC2B0

Channel breakdown

R62

G222

B195

Red62 (24.3%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue169.88°

Saturation (HSL)70.8%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3E · G DE · B C3

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