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Recognised as Colour

#3BC28E

  • #3BC28E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#3BC28E is a cyan with RGB values 59, 194, 142 and HSL 157°, 53%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#3BC28E#3BC28E
HEX#3BC28E
RGBrgb(59, 194, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7608, 0.5569
RGB percentages23.1%, 76.1%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(156.9, 53.4%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.9, 69.6%, 76.1%)
CMYK69.6%, 0%, 26.8%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,916,430
CSS custom property--colour: #3BC28E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41466WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#C43D71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFB48Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADA791no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 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 text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 9.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.6Sea green · ΔE 21.3Aquamarine · ΔE 22.6Turquoise · ΔE 23Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C23B6F
Analogous#3BC24B, #3BB2C2
Triadic#8E3BC2, #C28E3B
Split complementary#C23BB2, #C24B3B
Tetradic#4B3BC2, #C23B6F, #B2C23B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6F3E8
Lighter +30%#AFE7D1
Lighter +20%#88DBBB
Lighter +10%#61CFA5
Darker −10%#2F9B71
Darker −20%#237455
Darker −30%#174D38
Darker −40%#0B261C
More saturated +25%#1BE295
Less saturated −25%#5BA287

Channel breakdown

R59
G194
B142
Red59 (23.1%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue156.89°
Saturation (HSL)53.36%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G C2 · B 8E

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