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Colour

#3AAA9A

  • #3AAA9A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3AAA9A is a cyan with RGB values 58, 170, 154 and HSL 171°, 49%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3AAA9A#3AAA9A
HEX#3AAA9A
RGBrgb(58, 170, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.6667, 0.6039
RGB percentages22.7%, 66.7%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(171.4, 49.1%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CMYK65.9%, 0%, 9.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,844,762
CSS custom property--colour: #3AAA9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#C55565

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A099no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#92949Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.3Dark cyan · ΔE 14.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.8Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9Teal · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.33, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA3A4A
Analogous#3AAA62, #3A82AA
Triadic#9A3AAA, #AA9A3A
Split complementary#AA3A82, #AA623A
Tetradic#623AAA, #AA3A4A, #82AA3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5EBE6
Lighter +30%#9FDED5
Lighter +20%#79D1C5
Lighter +10%#53C4B4
Darker −10%#2D8478
Darker −20%#205E55
Darker −30%#133833
Darker −40%#061210
More saturated +25%#1DC6AE
Less saturated −25%#568E86

Channel breakdown

R58
G170
B154
Red58 (22.7%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue171.43°
Saturation (HSL)49.12%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3A · G AA · B 9A

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