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Recognised as Colour

#3CA38F

  • #3CA38F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3CA38F is a cyan with RGB values 60, 163, 143 and HSL 168°, 46%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3CA38F#3CA38F
HEX#3CA38F
RGBrgb(60, 163, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.6392, 0.5608
RGB percentages23.5%, 63.9%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(168.3, 46.2%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.3, 63.2%, 63.9%)
CMYK63.2%, 0%, 12.3%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,974,031
CSS custom property--colour: #3CA38F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.83:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#C35C70

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D998Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E8E91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00A59Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.8Dark cyan · ΔE 14.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 17.2Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A33C50
Analogous#3CA35C, #3C83A3
Triadic#8F3CA3, #A38F3C
Split complementary#A33C84, #A35C3C
Tetradic#5C3CA3, #A33C50, #83A33C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2E9E1
Lighter +30%#9DDBCF
Lighter +20%#78CDBD
Lighter +10%#52C0AA
Darker −10%#2E7E6E
Darker −20%#21584E
Darker −30%#13332D
Darker −40%#050E0C
More saturated +25%#20BFA0
Less saturated −25%#58877E

Channel breakdown

R60
G163
B143
Red60 (23.5%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue168.35°
Saturation (HSL)46.19%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G A3 · B 8F

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