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Recognised as Colour

#3BC6AB

  • #3BC6AB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#3BC6AB is a cyan with RGB values 59, 198, 171 and HSL 168°, 55%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#3BC6AB#3BC6AB
HEX#3BC6AB
RGBrgb(59, 198, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7765, 0.6706
RGB percentages23.1%, 77.6%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(168.3, 54.9%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.3, 70.2%, 77.6%)
CMYK70.2%, 0%, 13.6%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,917,483
CSS custom property--colour: #3BC6AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.85:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#C43954

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEBAAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABACADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.9Turquoise · ΔE 11.3Light seagreen · ΔE 12.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9Aquamarine · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C63B56
Analogous#3BC665, #3B9CC6
Triadic#AB3BC6, #C6AB3B
Split complementary#C63B9C, #C6653B
Tetradic#653BC6, #C63B56, #9CC63B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9F4EF
Lighter +30%#B2E8DE
Lighter +20%#8ADDCD
Lighter +10%#63D1BC
Darker −10%#2EA08A
Darker −20%#237868
Darker −30%#175145
Darker −40%#0C2923
More saturated +25%#1BE6BE
Less saturated −25%#5BA698

Channel breakdown

R59
G198
B171
Red59 (23.1%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue168.35°
Saturation (HSL)54.94%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G C6 · B AB

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