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Recognised as Colour

#3BCB98

  • #3BCB98
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#3BCB98 is a cyan with RGB values 59, 203, 152 and HSL 159°, 58%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#3BCB98#3BCB98
HEX#3BCB98
RGBrgb(59, 203, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7961, 0.5961
RGB percentages23.1%, 79.6%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(158.7, 58.1%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.7, 70.9%, 79.6%)
CMYK70.9%, 0%, 25.1%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,918,744
CSS custom property--colour: #3BCB98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.18:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#C43467

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7BC95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4AF9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.3Aquamarine · ΔE 19.7Turquoise · ΔE 21Sea green · ΔE 24.7Light seagreen · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB3B6E
Analogous#3BCB50, #3BB6CB
Triadic#983BCB, #CB983B
Split complementary#CB3BB6, #CB503B
Tetradic#503BCB, #CB3B6E, #B6CB3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCF6ED
Lighter +30%#B4EBD8
Lighter +20%#8CE0C2
Lighter +10%#63D6AD
Darker −10%#2CA77B
Darker −20%#227E5E
Darker −30%#175640
Darker −40%#0C2E22
More saturated +25%#1CEAA1
Less saturated −25%#5AAC8F

Channel breakdown

R59
G203
B152
Red59 (23.1%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue158.75°
Saturation (HSL)58.06%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G CB · B 98

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