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Recognised as Colour

#3BB7A6

  • #3BB7A6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3BB7A6 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 183, 166 and HSL 172°, 51%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3BB7A6#3BB7A6
HEX#3BB7A6
RGBrgb(59, 183, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7176, 0.651
RGB percentages23.1%, 71.8%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(171.8, 51.2%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 67.8%, 71.8%)
CMYK67.8%, 0%, 9.3%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,913,638
CSS custom property--colour: #3BB7A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.51:1
Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#C44859

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFACA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D9FA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#00BAB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.6Turquoise · ΔE 15.2Dark cyan · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B73B4C
Analogous#3BB768, #3B8AB7
Triadic#A63BB7, #B7A63B
Split complementary#B73B8A, #B7683B
Tetradic#683BB7, #B73B4C, #8AB73B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFEFEB
Lighter +30%#A8E3DB
Lighter +20%#81D7CB
Lighter +10%#5BCABB
Darker −10%#2F9083
Darker −20%#226A60
Darker −30%#16433D
Darker −40%#091D1A
More saturated +25%#1DD5BC
Less saturated −25%#599990

Channel breakdown

R59
G183
B166
Red59 (23.1%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue171.77°
Saturation (HSL)51.24%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G B7 · B A6

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