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Recognised as Colour

#3EAAA0

  • #3EAAA0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3EAAA0 is a cyan with RGB values 62, 170, 160 and HSL 174°, 47%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3EAAA0#3EAAA0
HEX#3EAAA0
RGBrgb(62, 170, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.6667, 0.6275
RGB percentages24.3%, 66.7%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(174.4, 46.6%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.4, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK63.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,106,912
CSS custom property--colour: #3EAAA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.46:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#C1555F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A1A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9195A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.7Dark cyan · ΔE 12.7Cadetblue · ΔE 13.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7Teal · ΔE 16.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA3E48
Analogous#3EAA6A, #3E7EAA
Triadic#A03EAA, #AAA03E
Split complementary#AA3E7E, #AA6A3E
Tetradic#6A3EAA, #AA3E48, #7EAA3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9EBE8
Lighter +30%#A3DED8
Lighter +20%#7ED0C8
Lighter +10%#59C2B9
Darker −10%#30857D
Darker −20%#235F5A
Darker −30%#153A36
Darker −40%#071513
More saturated +25%#21C7B8
Less saturated −25%#5B8D88

Channel breakdown

R62
G170
B160
Red62 (24.3%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue174.44°
Saturation (HSL)46.55%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G AA · B A0

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