Colour

#3EEFFF

#3EEFFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#3EEFFF is a cyan with RGB values 62, 239, 255 and HSL 185°, 100%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#3EEFFF#3EEFFF

HEX#3EEFFF

RGBrgb(62, 239, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.9373, 1

RGB percentages24.3%, 93.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(185, 100%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185, 75.7%, 100%)

CMYK75.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,124,671

CSS custom property--colour: #3EEFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#C11000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBE5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1D2FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00F9F4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 12.6 Cyan · ΔE 12.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6 Turquoise · ΔE 18.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 12.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF4E3E

Analogous#3EFFAF, #3E8EFF

Triadic#FF3EEF, #EFFF3E

Split complementary#FF3E8E, #FFAF3E

Tetradic#AF3EFF, #FF4E3E, #8EFF3E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D7FCFF

Lighter +20%#A4F7FF

Lighter +10%#71F3FF

Darker −10%#0BEBFF

Darker −20%#00C5D7

Darker −30%#0096A4

Darker −40%#006871

More saturated +25%#3EEFFF

Less saturated −25%#56DBE7

Channel breakdown

R62

G239

B255

Red62 (24.3%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue184.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3E · G EF · B FF

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