Colour

#3FFAFF

#3FFAFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#3FFAFF is a cyan with RGB values 63, 250, 255 and HSL 182°, 100%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#3FFAFF#3FFAFF

HEX#3FFAFF

RGBrgb(63, 250, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.9804, 1

RGB percentages24.7%, 98%, 100%

HSLhsl(181.6, 100%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.6, 75.3%, 100%)

CMYK75.3%, 2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,193,023

CSS custom property--colour: #3FFAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76648WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.33:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#C00500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8EEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDDAFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 5.6 Cyan · ΔE 5.6 Turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16 Pale turquoise · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 5.6, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF443F

Analogous#3FFFA4, #3F9AFF

Triadic#FF3FFA, #FAFF3F

Split complementary#FF3F9A, #FFA43F

Tetradic#A43FFF, #FF443F, #9AFF3F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D8FEFF

Lighter +20%#A5FDFF

Lighter +10%#72FBFF

Darker −10%#0CF9FF

Darker −20%#00D2D8

Darker −30%#00A1A5

Darker −40%#006F72

More saturated +25%#3FFAFF

Less saturated −25%#57E3E7

Channel breakdown

R63

G250

B255

Red63 (24.7%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue181.56°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3F · G FA · B FF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#3FFAFF

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else