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Recognised as Colour

#3BA496

  • #3BA496
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3BA496 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 164, 150 and HSL 172°, 47%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3BA496#3BA496
HEX#3BA496
RGBrgb(59, 164, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.6431, 0.5882
RGB percentages23.1%, 64.3%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(172, 47.1%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 64%, 64.3%)
CMYK64%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,908,758
CSS custom property--colour: #3BA496;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.94:1
Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#C45B69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9B96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D8F97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00A7A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.7Dark cyan · ΔE 12.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Teal · ΔE 15.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A43B49
Analogous#3BA462, #3B7EA4
Triadic#963BA4, #A4963B
Split complementary#A43B7E, #A4623B
Tetradic#613BA4, #A43B49, #7EA43B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2E9E4
Lighter +30%#9CDCD3
Lighter +20%#77CEC2
Lighter +10%#51C1B2
Darker −10%#2E7E74
Darker −20%#205951
Darker −30%#13332F
Darker −40%#050E0D
More saturated +25%#1FC0AA
Less saturated −25%#578882

Channel breakdown

R59
G164
B150
Red59 (23.1%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue172°
Saturation (HSL)47.09%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G A4 · B 96

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