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Recognised as Colour

#3EB9A5

  • #3EB9A5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3EB9A5 is a cyan with RGB values 62, 185, 165 and HSL 170°, 50%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3EB9A5#3EB9A5
HEX#3EB9A5
RGBrgb(62, 185, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.7255, 0.6471
RGB percentages24.3%, 72.5%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(170.2, 49.8%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.2, 66.5%, 72.5%)
CMYK66.5%, 0%, 10.8%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,110,757
CSS custom property--colour: #3EB9A5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.69:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#C1465A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1AEA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A1A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.2Turquoise · ΔE 14.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Dark cyan · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B93E52
Analogous#3EB968, #3E90B9
Triadic#A53EB9, #B9A53E
Split complementary#B93E8F, #B9683E
Tetradic#683EB9, #B93E52, #90B93E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3F0EB
Lighter +30%#ADE3DA
Lighter +20%#86D7CA
Lighter +10%#60CAB9
Darker −10%#319383
Darker −20%#246D61
Darker −30%#18463F
Darker −40%#0B201D
More saturated +25%#1FD8BA
Less saturated −25%#5D9A90

Channel breakdown

R62
G185
B165
Red62 (24.3%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue170.24°
Saturation (HSL)49.8%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G B9 · B A5

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