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Recognised as Colour

#3EB9AA

  • #3EB9AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3EB9AA is a cyan with RGB values 62, 185, 170 and HSL 173°, 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

#3EB9AA#3EB9AA
HEX#3EB9AA
RGBrgb(62, 185, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.7255, 0.6667
RGB percentages24.3%, 72.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(172.7, 49.8%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 66.5%, 72.5%)
CMYK66.5%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,110,762
CSS custom property--colour: #3EB9AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.72:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#C14655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0AFA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA1ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4Turquoise · ΔE 14.7Dark cyan · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.86, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B93E4D
Analogous#3EB96C, #3E8AB9
Triadic#AA3EB9, #B9AA3E
Split complementary#B93E8A, #B96D3E
Tetradic#6D3EB9, #B93E4D, #8BB93E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3F0ED
Lighter +30%#ADE3DD
Lighter +20%#86D7CD
Lighter +10%#60CABD
Darker −10%#319387
Darker −20%#246D64
Darker −30%#184641
Darker −40%#0B201E
More saturated +25%#1FD8C1
Less saturated −25%#5D9A93

Channel breakdown

R62
G185
B170
Red62 (24.3%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue172.68°
Saturation (HSL)49.8%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G B9 · B AA

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