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Recognised as Colour

#3BBFAF

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

#3BBFAF is a cyan with RGB values 59, 191, 175 and HSL 173°, 53%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3BBFAF#3BBFAF
HEX#3BBFAF
RGBrgb(59, 191, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.749, 0.6863
RGB percentages23.1%, 74.9%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(172.7, 52.8%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 69.1%, 74.9%)
CMYK69.1%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,915,695
CSS custom property--colour: #3BBFAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#C44050

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B4AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A6B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.9Turquoise · ΔE 12.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3Dark cyan · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF3B4B
Analogous#3BBF6D, #3B8DBF
Triadic#AF3BBF, #BFAF3B
Split complementary#BF3B8D, #BF6D3B
Tetradic#6D3BBF, #BF3B4B, #8DBF3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4F2EE
Lighter +30%#ADE6DF
Lighter +20%#86DAD0
Lighter +10%#5FCEC0
Darker −10%#2F988B
Darker −20%#237168
Darker −30%#174A44
Darker −40%#0B2320
More saturated +25%#1CDEC7
Less saturated −25%#5AA097

Channel breakdown

R59
G191
B175
Red59 (23.1%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue172.73°
Saturation (HSL)52.8%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G BF · B AF

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