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#3BB98E

#3bb98e ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#3bb98e is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 72.55% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.11% cyan, 0% magenta, 23.24% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 159.52°, with 51.64% saturation and 47.84% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 8.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 1.43.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.3758

Complementary

  1. #3bb98e
  2. #b93b66

Split complementary

  1. #3bb98e
  2. #b93ba5
  3. #b94f3b

Analogous

  1. #3bb94f
  2. #3bb98e
  3. #3ba5b9

Triadic

  1. #3bb98e
  2. #8e3bb9
  3. #b98e3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bb98e
  2. #3b66b9
  3. #b93b66
  4. #b98e3b

Square

  1. #3bb98e
  2. #4f3bb9
  3. #b93b66
  4. #a5b93b

Monochromatic

  1. #164535
  2. #287f61
  3. #3bb98e
  4. #6fd1b0
  5. #a9e4d0

Shades

#3bb98e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bb98e
  2. #35a780
  3. #2f9472
  4. #298263
  5. #236f55
  6. #1e5d47
  7. #184a39
  8. #12382b
  9. #0c251c
  10. #06130e
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bb98e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bb98e
  2. #4fc099
  3. #62c7a5
  4. #76ceb0
  5. #89d5bb
  6. #9ddcc7
  7. #b1e3d2
  8. #c4eadd
  9. #d8f1e8
  10. #ebf8f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bb98e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bb98e
  2. #42b38d
  3. #49ae8b
  4. #50a88a
  5. #57a288
  6. #5e9d87
  7. #649786
  8. #6b9184
  9. #728b83
  10. #798681
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87ad9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5ac8c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4a091 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94b18d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #87ab90 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bb98e {
  color: #3bb98e;
}
Background
.bg-3bb98e {
  background-color: #3bb98e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bb98e {
  border: 2px solid #3bb98e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bb98e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 185 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 52% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bb98e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bb98e, #3ba5b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bb98e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 185 142 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 1.43 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 4.37 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.21 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 6.07 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.61 #00a86b Jade ΔE 7.27 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 8.83 #c44671 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Mint
#3bb98e  rgb(59, 185, 142)  hsl(160, 52%, 48%)  Mint
#b93b66  rgb(185, 59, 102)  hsl(340, 52%, 48%)  Telemagenta
#8e3bb9  rgb(142, 59, 185)  hsl(280, 52%, 48%)  Dark Orchid
#b98e3b  rgb(185, 142, 59)  hsl(40, 52%, 48%)  Dark Goldenrod