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Recognised as Colour

#3FA899

  • #3FA899
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3FA899 is a cyan with RGB values 63, 168, 153 and HSL 171°, 45%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3FA899#3FA899
HEX#3FA899
RGBrgb(63, 168, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.6588, 0.6
RGB percentages24.7%, 65.9%, 60%
HSLhsl(171.4, 45.5%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 62.5%, 65.9%)
CMYK62.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,171,929
CSS custom property--colour: #3FA899;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#C05766

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A19F98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#91939Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00ABA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.1Dark cyan · ΔE 13.5Cadetblue · ΔE 15.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A83F4E
Analogous#3FA865, #3F83A8
Triadic#993FA8, #A8993F
Split complementary#A83F82, #A8653F
Tetradic#653FA8, #A83F4E, #83A83F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8EBE6
Lighter +30%#A3DDD4
Lighter +20%#7ECFC3
Lighter +10%#59C1B2
Darker −10%#318377
Darker −20%#235E55
Darker −30%#153934
Darker −40%#071412
More saturated +25%#22C5AE
Less saturated −25%#5C8B84

Channel breakdown

R63
G168
B153
Red63 (24.7%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue171.43°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3F · G A8 · B 99

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