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Recognised as Colour

#3BBBAA

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

#3BBBAA is a cyan with RGB values 59, 187, 170 and HSL 172°, 52%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3BBBAA#3BBBAA
HEX#3BBBAA
RGBrgb(59, 187, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7333, 0.6667
RGB percentages23.1%, 73.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(172, 52%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 68.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK68.4%, 0%, 9.1%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,914,666
CSS custom property--colour: #3BBBAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#C44455

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B0A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A3ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.6Turquoise · ΔE 13.7Dark cyan · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB3B4C
Analogous#3BBB6A, #3B8CBB
Triadic#AA3BBB, #BBAA3B
Split complementary#BB3B8C, #BB6A3B
Tetradic#6A3BBB, #BB3B4C, #8CBB3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1F1EC
Lighter +30%#ABE4DD
Lighter +20%#84D8CD
Lighter +10%#5DCCBD
Darker −10%#2F9487
Darker −20%#236D64
Darker −30%#164740
Darker −40%#0A201D
More saturated +25%#1CDAC1
Less saturated −25%#5A9C93

Channel breakdown

R59
G187
B170
Red59 (23.1%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue172.03°
Saturation (HSL)52.03%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G BB · B AA

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