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#3AF2ED

#3af2ed ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3af2ed is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 94.9% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.03% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.07% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 178.37°, with 87.62% saturation and 58.82% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 3.05.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.7052

Complementary

  1. #3af2ed
  2. #f23a3f

Split complementary

  1. #3af2ed
  2. #f23a9b
  3. #f2913a

Analogous

  1. #3af291
  2. #3af2ed
  3. #3a9bf2

Triadic

  1. #3af2ed
  2. #ed3af2
  3. #f2ed3a

Tetradic

  1. #3af2ed
  2. #3a3ff2
  3. #f23a3f
  4. #f2ed3a

Square

  1. #3af2ed
  2. #913af2
  3. #f23a3f
  4. #9bf23a

Monochromatic

  1. #098a86
  2. #0ed2cc
  3. #3af2ed
  4. #82f7f4
  5. #cafbfa

Shades

#3af2ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3af2ed
  2. #34dad5
  3. #2ec2be
  4. #29a9a6
  5. #23918e
  6. #1d7977
  7. #17615f
  8. #114947
  9. #0c302f
  10. #061818
  11. #000000

Tints

#3af2ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3af2ed
  2. #4ef3ef
  3. #61f5f1
  4. #75f6f2
  5. #89f7f4
  6. #9df9f6
  7. #b0faf8
  8. #c4fbfa
  9. #d8fcfb
  10. #ebfefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3af2ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3af2ed
  2. #41e7e2
  3. #48dbd7
  4. #4fd0cc
  5. #56c4c1
  6. #5db9b7
  7. #64aeac
  8. #6ba2a1
  9. #729796
  10. #798b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1e4e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d3ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f9f0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8ebed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4e0ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f6ef ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3af2ed {
  color: #3af2ed;
}
Background
.bg-3af2ed {
  background-color: #3af2ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3af2ed {
  border: 2px solid #3af2ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3af2ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 242 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 88% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3af2ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3af2ed, #3a9bf2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3af2ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 242 237 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.05 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 3.19 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 3.19 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 4.37 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.53 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.98 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.51 #c50d12 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#3af2ed  rgb(58, 242, 237)  hsl(178, 88%, 59%)  Bright Turquoise
#f23a3f  rgb(242, 58, 63)  hsl(358, 88%, 59%)  Tractor Red
#ed3af2  rgb(237, 58, 242)  hsl(298, 88%, 59%)  Fuchsia
#f2ed3a  rgb(242, 237, 58)  hsl(58, 88%, 59%)  Titanium Yellow