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Recognised as Colour

#3CB4A8

  • #3CB4A8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3CB4A8 is a cyan with RGB values 60, 180, 168 and HSL 174°, 50%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3CB4A8#3CB4A8
HEX#3CB4A8
RGBrgb(60, 180, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.7059, 0.6588
RGB percentages23.5%, 70.6%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(174, 50%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 66.7%, 70.6%)
CMYK66.7%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,978,408
CSS custom property--colour: #3CB4A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.29:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#C34B57

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABAAA8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#999DA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.1Dark cyan · ΔE 16.4Turquoise · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.46, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B43C48
Analogous#3CB46C, #3C84B4
Triadic#A83CB4, #B4A83C
Split complementary#B43C84, #B46C3C
Tetradic#6C3CB4, #B43C48, #84B43C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEEFEB
Lighter +30%#A7E2DC
Lighter +20%#81D5CD
Lighter +10%#5BC8BD
Darker −10%#2F8E84
Darker −20%#226861
Darker −30%#16413D
Darker −40%#091B19
More saturated +25%#1ED2C0
Less saturated −25%#5A9690

Channel breakdown

R60
G180
B168
Red60 (23.5%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue174°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G B4 · B A8

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