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Recognised as Colour

#3CA97C

  • #3CA97C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#3CA97C is a cyan with RGB values 60, 169, 124 and HSL 155°, 48%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#3CA97C#3CA97C
HEX#3CA97C
RGBrgb(60, 169, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.6627, 0.4863
RGB percentages23.5%, 66.3%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(155.2, 47.6%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.2, 64.5%, 66.3%)
CMYK64.5%, 0%, 26.6%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,975,548
CSS custom property--colour: #3CA97C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#C35683

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69D79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#98927Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00A99Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.2Sea green · ΔE 12.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.8Light seagreen · ΔE 21.3Turquoise · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A93C69
Analogous#3CA946, #3C9FA9
Triadic#7C3CA9, #A97C3C
Split complementary#A93C9F, #A9463C
Tetradic#463CA9, #A93C69, #9FA93C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6EBDC
Lighter +30%#A1DDC4
Lighter +20%#7BD0AD
Lighter +10%#55C396
Darker −10%#2F8360
Darker −20%#215E45
Darker −30%#143829
Darker −40%#07120E
More saturated +25%#1FC681
Less saturated −25%#598C77

Channel breakdown

R60
G169
B124
Red60 (23.5%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue155.23°
Saturation (HSL)47.6%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G A9 · B 7C

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