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Recognised as Colour

#3BBDAA

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

#3BBDAA is a cyan with RGB values 59, 189, 170 and HSL 171°, 52%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3BBDAA#3BBDAA
HEX#3BBDAA
RGBrgb(59, 189, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7412, 0.6667
RGB percentages23.1%, 74.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(171.2, 52.4%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.2, 68.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK68.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,915,178
CSS custom property--colour: #3BBDAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#C44255

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B2A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A4ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.8Turquoise · ΔE 13Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.1Dark cyan · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD3B4E
Analogous#3BBD69, #3B8FBD
Triadic#AA3BBD, #BDAA3B
Split complementary#BD3B8F, #BD693B
Tetradic#693BBD, #BD3B4E, #8FBD3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3F1ED
Lighter +30%#ACE5DD
Lighter +20%#85D9CD
Lighter +10%#5ECDBD
Darker −10%#2F9687
Darker −20%#236F64
Darker −30%#174841
Darker −40%#0A221E
More saturated +25%#1CDCC0
Less saturated −25%#5A9E94

Channel breakdown

R59
G189
B170
Red59 (23.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue171.23°
Saturation (HSL)52.42%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G BD · B AA

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