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Recognised as Colour

#3FBAE7

  • #3FBAE7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3FBAE7 is a cyan with RGB values 63, 186, 231 and HSL 196°, 78%, 58%. 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

#3FBAE7#3FBAE7
HEX#3FBAE7
RGBrgb(63, 186, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.7294, 0.9059
RGB percentages24.7%, 72.9%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(196.1, 77.8%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 72.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK72.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,176,615
CSS custom property--colour: #3FBAE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41944WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#C04518

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B7E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA6E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 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 text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.6Light skyblue · ΔE 12.8Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Steel blue · ΔE 23.8Light blue · ΔE 25.8Light steelblue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E76C3F
Analogous#3FE7C0, #3F66E7
Triadic#E73FBA, #BAE73F
Split complementary#E73F66, #E7C03F
Tetradic#C03FE7, #E76C3F, #66E73F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4FBFE
Lighter +30%#C7EBF8
Lighter +20%#9ADBF2
Lighter +10%#6CCAED
Darker −10%#1BA5D8
Darker −20%#1583AB
Darker −30%#10607D
Darker −40%#0A3D50
More saturated +25%#27C5FF
Less saturated −25%#5AADCC

Channel breakdown

R63
G186
B231
Red63 (24.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue196.07°
Saturation (HSL)77.78%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3F · G BA · B E7

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