Recognised as Colour

#3FCDF8

#3FCDF8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3FCDF8 is a cyan with RGB values 63, 205, 248 and HSL 194°, 93%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3FCDF8#3FCDF8

HEX#3FCDF8

RGBrgb(63, 205, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.8039, 0.9725

RGB percentages24.7%, 80.4%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(193.9, 93%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.9, 74.6%, 97.3%)

CMYK74.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,181,496

CSS custom property--colour: #3FCDF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.3:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#C03207

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4C8FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BB6F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00DADBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13 Light skyblue · ΔE 13.4 Sky blue · ΔE 13.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 24.7 Light blue · ΔE 24.9 Powder blue · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F86A3F

Analogous#3FF8C6, #3F71F8

Triadic#F83FCD, #CDF83F

Split complementary#F83F71, #F8C63F

Tetradic#C63FF8, #F86A3F, #71F83F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D3F3FD

Lighter +20%#A1E7FC

Lighter +10%#70DAFA

Darker −10%#0EC0F6

Darker −20%#079CCA

Darker −30%#067698

Darker −40%#045067

More saturated +25%#38D1FF

Less saturated −25%#58C0DF

Channel breakdown

R63

G205

B248

Red63 (24.7%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue193.95°

Saturation (HSL)92.96%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3F · G CD · B F8

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