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Recognised as Colour

#3EF2FC

  • #3EF2FC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#3EF2FC is a cyan with RGB values 62, 242, 252 and HSL 183°, 97%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#3EF2FC#3EF2FC
HEX#3EF2FC
RGBrgb(62, 242, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.949, 0.9882
RGB percentages24.3%, 94.9%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(183.2, 96.9%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.2, 75.4%, 98.8%)
CMYK75.4%, 4%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,125,436
CSS custom property--colour: #3EF2FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.31:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#C10D03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E7FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5D4FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00FBF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 9.3Cyan · ΔE 9.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.5Turquoise · ΔE 15.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 9.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FC483E
Analogous#3EFCA7, #3E93FC
Triadic#FC3EF2, #F2FC3E
Split complementary#FC3E93, #FCA73E
Tetradic#A73EFC, #FC483E, #93FC3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D5FCFE
Lighter +20%#A2F9FE
Lighter +10%#70F5FD
Darker −10%#0CEFFB
Darker −20%#03C6D1
Darker −30%#02969F
Darker −40%#02676C
More saturated +25%#3BF5FF
Less saturated −25%#56DCE4

Channel breakdown

R62
G242
B252
Red62 (24.3%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue183.16°
Saturation (HSL)96.94%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G F2 · B FC

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