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Recognised as Colour

#3FCAB9

  • #3FCAB9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#3FCAB9 is a cyan with RGB values 63, 202, 185 and HSL 173°, 57%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#3FCAB9#3FCAB9
HEX#3FCAB9
RGBrgb(63, 202, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.7922, 0.7255
RGB percentages24.7%, 79.2%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(172.7, 56.7%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 68.8%, 79.2%)
CMYK68.8%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,180,665
CSS custom property--colour: #3FCAB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.36:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#C03546

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0BFB8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB0BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CEC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.4Turquoise · ΔE 8.2Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.3Aqua · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA3F50
Analogous#3FCA74, #3F95CA
Triadic#B93FCA, #CAB93F
Split complementary#CA3F95, #CA743F
Tetradic#733FCA, #CA3F50, #95CA3F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFF6F3
Lighter +30%#B7EBE5
Lighter +20%#8FE0D6
Lighter +10%#67D5C8
Darker −10%#2EA899
Darker −20%#238074
Darker −30%#185850
Darker −40%#0D302C
More saturated +25%#20E9D0
Less saturated −25%#5EABA2

Channel breakdown

R63
G202
B185
Red63 (24.7%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue172.66°
Saturation (HSL)56.73%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3F · G CA · B B9

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