Colour

#3BC0B1

#3BC0B1
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#3BC0B1 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 192, 177 and HSL 173°, 53%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3BC0B1#3BC0B1

HEX#3BC0B1

RGBrgb(59, 192, 177)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7529, 0.6941

RGB percentages23.1%, 75.3%, 69.4%

HSLhsl(173.2, 53%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.2, 69.3%, 75.3%)

CMYK69.3%, 0%, 7.8%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,915,953

CSS custom property--colour: #3BC0B1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#C43F4E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7B5B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4A7B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00C4BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Turquoise · ΔE 11.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.21, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C03B4A

Analogous#3BC06F, #3B8CC0

Triadic#B13BC0, #C0B13B

Split complementary#C03B8C, #C06F3B

Tetradic#6F3BC0, #C03B4A, #8CC03B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D5F2EF

Lighter +30%#AEE6E0

Lighter +20%#87DAD1

Lighter +10%#60CEC2

Darker −10%#2F998D

Darker −20%#237269

Darker −30%#174B45

Darker −40%#0B2421

More saturated +25%#1CDFC9

Less saturated −25%#5AA199

Channel breakdown

R59

G192

B177

Red59 (23.1%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue177 (69.4%)

Hue173.23°

Saturation (HSL)52.99%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G C0 · B B1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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