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Recognised as Colour

#3FBAE4

  • #3FBAE4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3FBAE4 is a cyan with RGB values 63, 186, 228 and HSL 195°, 75%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3FBAE4#3FBAE4
HEX#3FBAE4
RGBrgb(63, 186, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.7294, 0.8941
RGB percentages24.7%, 72.9%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(195.3, 75.3%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 72.4%, 89.4%)
CMYK72.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,176,612
CSS custom property--colour: #3FBAE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#C0451B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3B6E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA6E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.2Light skyblue · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Steel blue · ΔE 24.4Light blue · ΔE 25.1Cadetblue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4693F
Analogous#3FE4BB, #3F68E4
Triadic#E43FBA, #BAE43F
Split complementary#E43F68, #E4BB3F
Tetradic#BB3FE4, #E4693F, #68E43F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2FAFD
Lighter +30%#C5EAF7
Lighter +20%#98DAF1
Lighter +10%#6CCAEA
Darker −10%#1EA4D2
Darker −20%#1781A6
Darker −30%#115F79
Darker −40%#0B3C4C
More saturated +25%#24C7FF
Less saturated −25%#5AADC9

Channel breakdown

R63
G186
B228
Red63 (24.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue195.27°
Saturation (HSL)75.34%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3F · G BA · B E4

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