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Recognised as Colour

#3EAD9F

  • #3EAD9F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3EAD9F is a cyan with RGB values 62, 173, 159 and HSL 172°, 47%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3EAD9F#3EAD9F
HEX#3EAD9F
RGBrgb(62, 173, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.6784, 0.6235
RGB percentages24.3%, 67.8%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(172.4, 47.2%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 64.2%, 67.8%)
CMYK64.2%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,107,679
CSS custom property--colour: #3EAD9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#C15260

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A39Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9497A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2Dark cyan · ΔE 14.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.7Cadetblue · ΔE 16.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD3E4C
Analogous#3EAD67, #3E84AD
Triadic#9F3EAD, #AD9F3E
Split complementary#AD3E84, #AD673E
Tetradic#673EAD, #AD3E4C, #84AD3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBECE8
Lighter +30%#A5DFD8
Lighter +20%#80D1C7
Lighter +10%#5AC4B7
Darker −10%#31877C
Darker −20%#23625A
Darker −30%#163C37
Darker −40%#081715
More saturated +25%#21CAB5
Less saturated −25%#5B9089

Channel breakdown

R62
G173
B159
Red62 (24.3%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue172.43°
Saturation (HSL)47.23%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G AD · B 9F

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