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Recognised as Colour

#3B956D

  • #3B956D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#3B956D is a cyan with RGB values 59, 149, 109 and HSL 153°, 43%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#3B956D#3B956D
HEX#3B956D
RGBrgb(59, 149, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.5843, 0.4275
RGB percentages23.1%, 58.4%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(153.3, 43.3%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.3, 60.4%, 58.4%)
CMYK60.4%, 0%, 26.8%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,904,877
CSS custom property--colour: #3B956D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#C46A92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#938B6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#868270no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#0E958Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 8.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.4Light seagreen · ΔE 22.1Dark cyan · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#953B63
Analogous#3B9540, #3B9095
Triadic#6D3B95, #956D3B
Split complementary#953B90, #95403B
Tetradic#403B95, #953B63, #90953B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9E3D0
Lighter +30%#94D5B8
Lighter +20%#70C6A0
Lighter +10%#4BB888
Darker −10%#2D7052
Darker −20%#1E4C38
Darker −30%#10271D
Darker −40%#010302
More saturated +25%#21AF70
Less saturated −25%#557B6A

Channel breakdown

R59
G149
B109
Red59 (23.1%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue153.33°
Saturation (HSL)43.27%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G 95 · B 6D

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