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Recognised as Colour

#3AC7B3

  • #3AC7B3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#3AC7B3 is a cyan with RGB values 58, 199, 179 and HSL 171°, 56%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#3AC7B3#3AC7B3
HEX#3AC7B3
RGBrgb(58, 199, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.7804, 0.702
RGB percentages22.7%, 78%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(171.5, 55.7%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.5, 70.9%, 78%)
CMYK70.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,852,211
CSS custom property--colour: #3AC7B3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#C5384C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEBBB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAADB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.6Light seagreen · ΔE 9.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.1Aquamarine · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C73A4E
Analogous#3AC76D, #3A94C7
Triadic#B33AC7, #C7B33A
Split complementary#C73A94, #C76D3A
Tetradic#6D3AC7, #C73A4E, #94C73A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9F4F0
Lighter +30%#B1E9E1
Lighter +20%#89DED2
Lighter +10%#62D2C2
Darker −10%#2EA090
Darker −20%#22796C
Darker −30%#175149
Darker −40%#0C2925
More saturated +25%#1AE7CA
Less saturated −25%#5AA79C

Channel breakdown

R58
G199
B179
Red58 (22.7%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue171.49°
Saturation (HSL)55.73%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3A · G C7 · B B3

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