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Recognised as Colour

#3BC0AA

  • #3BC0AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3BC0AA is a cyan with RGB values 59, 192, 170 and HSL 170°, 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

#3BC0AA#3BC0AA
HEX#3BC0AA
RGBrgb(59, 192, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7529, 0.6667
RGB percentages23.1%, 75.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(170.1, 53%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.1, 69.3%, 75.3%)
CMYK69.3%, 0%, 11.5%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,915,946
CSS custom property--colour: #3BC0AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.31:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#C43F55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B5A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A7ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.6Turquoise · ΔE 12.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 15Dark cyan · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C03B51
Analogous#3BC068, #3B93C0
Triadic#AA3BC0, #C0AA3B
Split complementary#C03B93, #C0683B
Tetradic#683BC0, #C03B51, #93C03B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5F2ED
Lighter +30%#AEE6DD
Lighter +20%#87DACC
Lighter +10%#60CEBC
Darker −10%#2F9987
Darker −20%#237265
Darker −30%#174B42
Darker −40%#0B2420
More saturated +25%#1CDFBF
Less saturated −25%#5AA195

Channel breakdown

R59
G192
B170
Red59 (23.1%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue170.08°
Saturation (HSL)52.99%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G C0 · B AA

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