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#3BB5AA

#3bb5aa ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#3bb5aa is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 70.98% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.08% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 174.59°, with 50.83% saturation and 47.06% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 1.83.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.3688

Complementary

  1. #3bb5aa
  2. #b53b46

Split complementary

  1. #3bb5aa
  2. #b53b83
  3. #b56d3b

Analogous

  1. #3bb56d
  2. #3bb5aa
  3. #3b83b5

Triadic

  1. #3bb5aa
  2. #aa3bb5
  3. #b5aa3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bb5aa
  2. #3b46b5
  3. #b53b46
  4. #b5aa3b

Square

  1. #3bb5aa
  2. #6d3bb5
  3. #b53b46
  4. #83b53b

Monochromatic

  1. #15423e
  2. #287b74
  3. #3bb5aa
  4. #6dcfc7
  5. #a7e2dd

Shades

#3bb5aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bb5aa
  2. #35a399
  3. #2f9188
  4. #297f77
  5. #236d66
  6. #1e5b55
  7. #184844
  8. #123633
  9. #0c2422
  10. #061211
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bb5aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bb5aa
  2. #4fbcb3
  3. #62c4bb
  4. #76cbc4
  5. #89d3cc
  6. #9ddad5
  7. #b1e1dd
  8. #c4e9e6
  9. #d8f0ee
  10. #ebf8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bb5aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bb5aa
  2. #42b0a6
  3. #49aaa2
  4. #50a59d
  5. #57a099
  6. #5e9b95
  7. #649591
  8. #6b908d
  9. #728b88
  10. #798584
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86aba6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acabaa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9a9eab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cafaa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fa8ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bb5aa {
  color: #3bb5aa;
}
Background
.bg-3bb5aa {
  background-color: #3bb5aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bb5aa {
  border: 2px solid #3bb5aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bb5aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 181 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 51% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bb5aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bb5aa, #3b83b5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bb5aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 181 170 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 1.83 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 2.39 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 3.00 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 5.94 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.40 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.78 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.38 #c44a55 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#3bb5aa  rgb(59, 181, 170)  hsl(175, 51%, 47%)  Light Sea Green
#b53b46  rgb(181, 59, 70)  hsl(355, 51%, 47%)  Cardinal
#aa3bb5  rgb(170, 59, 181)  hsl(295, 51%, 47%)  Purpureus
#b5aa3b  rgb(181, 170, 59)  hsl(55, 51%, 47%)  Brass