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Recognised as Colour

#3FABA5

  • #3FABA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#3FABA5 is a cyan with RGB values 63, 171, 165 and HSL 177°, 46%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#3FABA5#3FABA5
HEX#3FABA5
RGBrgb(63, 171, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.6706, 0.6471
RGB percentages24.7%, 67.1%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(176.7, 46.2%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 63.2%, 67.1%)
CMYK63.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,172,709
CSS custom property--colour: #3FABA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32899WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.58:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#C0545A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A2A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9196A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6Dark cyan · ΔE 12.3Cadetblue · ΔE 12.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.8Teal · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB3F45
Analogous#3FAB6F, #3F7BAB
Triadic#A53FAB, #ABA53F
Split complementary#AB3F7B, #AB6F3F
Tetradic#6F3FAB, #AB3F45, #7BAB3F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAECEA
Lighter +30%#A5DEDB
Lighter +20%#80D0CC
Lighter +10%#5BC2BD
Darker −10%#318681
Darker −20%#24605D
Darker −30%#163B39
Darker −40%#081615
More saturated +25%#22C8BF
Less saturated −25%#5C8E8B

Channel breakdown

R63
G171
B165
Red63 (24.7%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue176.67°
Saturation (HSL)46.15%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3F · G AB · B A5

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