Colour

#3AB9BF

#3AB9BF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#3AB9BF is a cyan with RGB values 58, 185, 191 and HSL 183°, 53%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3AB9BF#3AB9BF

HEX#3AB9BF

RGBrgb(58, 185, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.7255, 0.749

RGB percentages22.7%, 72.5%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(182.7, 53.4%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 69.6%, 74.9%)

CMYK69.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,848,639

CSS custom property--colour: #3AB9BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39359WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1

Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#C54640

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ACB1C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#98A2C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Tritanopia#00C0BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.3 Turquoise · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BF403A

Analogous#3ABF82, #3A77BF

Triadic#BF3AB9, #B9BF3A

Split complementary#BF3A77, #BF833A

Tetradic#823ABF, #BF403A, #76BF3A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3F0F2

Lighter +30%#ACE3E6

Lighter +20%#85D6DA

Lighter +10%#5EC9CE

Darker −10%#2E9398

Darker −20%#226D71

Darker −30%#16474A

Darker −40%#0A2123

More saturated +25%#1BD5DE

Less saturated −25%#599DA0

Channel breakdown

R58

G185

B191

Red58 (22.7%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue182.71°

Saturation (HSL)53.41%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3A · G B9 · B BF

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