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Recognised as Colour

#3CB3A0

  • #3CB3A0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3CB3A0 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 179, 160 and HSL 170°, 50%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3CB3A0#3CB3A0
HEX#3CB3A0
RGBrgb(60, 179, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.702, 0.6275
RGB percentages23.5%, 70.2%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(170.4, 49.8%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.4, 66.5%, 70.2%)
CMYK66.5%, 0%, 10.6%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,978,144
CSS custom property--colour: #3CB3A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#C34C5F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABA99Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9CA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.5Turquoise · ΔE 16.9Dark cyan · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B33C4F
Analogous#3CB364, #3C8BB3
Triadic#A03CB3, #B3A03C
Split complementary#B33C8B, #B3643C
Tetradic#643CB3, #B33C4F, #8BB33C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDEEE9
Lighter +30%#A7E1D8
Lighter +20%#80D5C7
Lighter +10%#5AC8B6
Darker −10%#2F8D7E
Darker −20%#22675C
Darker −30%#16403A
Darker −40%#091A17
More saturated +25%#1ED1B4
Less saturated −25%#5A958C

Channel breakdown

R60
G179
B160
Red60 (23.5%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue170.42°
Saturation (HSL)49.79%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G B3 · B A0

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