Recognised as Colour

#3BC0B8

#3BC0B8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#3BC0B8 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 192, 184 and HSL 176°, 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

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HEX#3BC0B8

RGBrgb(59, 192, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7529, 0.7216

RGB percentages23.1%, 75.3%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(176.4, 53%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.4, 69.3%, 75.3%)

CMYK69.3%, 0%, 4.2%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,915,960

CSS custom property--colour: #3BC0B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.42:1

Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#C43F47

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5B6B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2A8B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00C5BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Turquoise · ΔE 12.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.18, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C03B43

Analogous#3BC076, #3B86C0

Triadic#B83BC0, #C0B83B

Split complementary#C03B86, #C0763B

Tetradic#753BC0, #C03B43, #86C03B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5F2F0

Lighter +30%#AEE6E3

Lighter +20%#87DAD5

Lighter +10%#60CEC7

Darker −10%#2F9993

Darker −20%#23726D

Darker −30%#174B48

Darker −40%#0B2422

More saturated +25%#1CDFD4

Less saturated −25%#5AA19C

Channel breakdown

R59

G192

B184

Red59 (23.1%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue176.39°

Saturation (HSL)52.99%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3B · G C0 · B B8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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