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Recognised as Colour

#3EB5AA

  • #3EB5AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3EB5AA is a cyan with RGB values 62, 181, 170 and HSL 174°, 49%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3EB5AA#3EB5AA
HEX#3EB5AA
RGBrgb(62, 181, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.7098, 0.6667
RGB percentages24.3%, 71%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(174.5, 49%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.5, 65.7%, 71%)
CMYK65.7%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,109,738
CSS custom property--colour: #3EB5AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#C14A55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACABAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9EABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B9B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3Dark cyan · ΔE 16.5Turquoise · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.49, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B53E49
Analogous#3EB56E, #3E85B5
Triadic#AA3EB5, #B5AA3E
Split complementary#B53E85, #B56E3E
Tetradic#6E3EB5, #B53E49, #85B53E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0EFEC
Lighter +30%#AAE2DD
Lighter +20%#84D5CD
Lighter +10%#5EC8BE
Darker −10%#318F86
Darker −20%#246963
Darker −30%#17433F
Darker −40%#0A1D1B
More saturated +25%#20D3C3
Less saturated −25%#5C9791

Channel breakdown

R62
G181
B170
Red62 (24.3%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue174.45°
Saturation (HSL)48.97%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G B5 · B AA

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