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Recognised as Colour

#3BD98A

  • #3BD98A
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#3BD98A is a cyan with RGB values 59, 217, 138 and HSL 150°, 68%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#3BD98A#3BD98A
HEX#3BD98A
RGBrgb(59, 217, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.851, 0.5412
RGB percentages23.1%, 85.1%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(150, 67.5%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150, 72.8%, 85.1%)
CMYK72.8%, 0%, 36.4%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,922,314
CSS custom property--colour: #3BD98A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5239WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.48:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#C42675

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8C885no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5BA8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.1Medium spring green · ΔE 16.7Light green · ΔE 17.6Pale green · ΔE 19.8Aquamarine · ΔE 26.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 16.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D93B8A
Analogous#3BD93B, #3BD9D9
Triadic#8A3BD9, #D98A3B
Split complementary#D93BD9, #D93B3B
Tetradic#3B3BD9, #D93B8A, #D9D93B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6FAF0
Lighter +30%#BBF2D7
Lighter +20%#90EABD
Lighter +10%#66E1A4
Darker −10%#25BC71
Darker −20%#1C9257
Darker −30%#14673E
Darker −40%#0C3C24
More saturated +25%#1EF68A
Less saturated −25%#58BC8A

Channel breakdown

R59
G217
B138
Red59 (23.1%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue150°
Saturation (HSL)67.52%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G D9 · B 8A

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