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Recognised as Colour

#3BB5A0

  • #3BB5A0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3BB5A0 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 181, 160 and HSL 170°, 51%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3BB5A0#3BB5A0
HEX#3BB5A0
RGBrgb(59, 181, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7098, 0.6275
RGB percentages23.1%, 71%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(169.7, 50.8%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.7, 67.4%, 71%)
CMYK67.4%, 0%, 11.6%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,913,120
CSS custom property--colour: #3BB5A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.3:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#C44A5F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEAA9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C9EA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.7Turquoise · ΔE 16.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.8Dark cyan · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B53B50
Analogous#3BB563, #3B8DB5
Triadic#A03BB5, #B5A03B
Split complementary#B53B8D, #B5633B
Tetradic#633BB5, #B53B50, #8DB53B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDEFE9
Lighter +30%#A7E2D8
Lighter +20%#80D6C7
Lighter +10%#5AC9B6
Darker −10%#2E8F7E
Darker −20%#22685C
Darker −30%#15423A
Darker −40%#091B18
More saturated +25%#1DD3B4
Less saturated −25%#59978C

Channel breakdown

R59
G181
B160
Red59 (23.1%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue169.67°
Saturation (HSL)50.83%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G B5 · B A0

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