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Recognised as Colour

#3EC0AA

  • #3EC0AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3EC0AA is a cyan with RGB values 62, 192, 170 and HSL 170°, 51%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3EC0AA#3EC0AA
HEX#3EC0AA
RGBrgb(62, 192, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.7529, 0.6667
RGB percentages24.3%, 75.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(169.8, 51.2%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.8, 67.7%, 75.3%)
CMYK67.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,112,554
CSS custom property--colour: #3EC0AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.33:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#C13F55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B5A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A7ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.5Turquoise · ΔE 12.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.1Dark cyan · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C03E54
Analogous#3EC069, #3E95C0
Triadic#AA3EC0, #C0AA3E
Split complementary#C03E95, #C0693E
Tetradic#693EC0, #C03E54, #95C03E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8F2EE
Lighter +30%#B1E6DD
Lighter +20%#8BD9CC
Lighter +10%#64CDBB
Darker −10%#329988
Darker −20%#257366
Darker −30%#194C44
Darker −40%#0C2621
More saturated +25%#1EE0BF
Less saturated −25%#5EA095

Channel breakdown

R62
G192
B170
Red62 (24.3%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue169.85°
Saturation (HSL)51.18%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3E · G C0 · B AA

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