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#3BBAB4

#3bbab4 ≈ Tiffany Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#3bbab4 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 72.94% green and 70.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.23% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 177.17°, with 51.84% saturation and 48.04% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Tiffany Blue (#0abab5), ΔE 1.64.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.3934

Complementary

  1. #3bbab4
  2. #ba3b41

Split complementary

  1. #3bbab4
  2. #ba3b80
  3. #ba753b

Analogous

  1. #3bba75
  2. #3bbab4
  3. #3b80ba

Triadic

  1. #3bbab4
  2. #b43bba
  3. #bab43b

Tetradic

  1. #3bbab4
  2. #3b41ba
  3. #ba3b41
  4. #bab43b

Square

  1. #3bbab4
  2. #753bba
  3. #ba3b41
  4. #80ba3b

Monochromatic

  1. #164644
  2. #29807c
  3. #3bbab4
  4. #70d2cd
  5. #aae4e1

Shades

#3bbab4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bbab4
  2. #35a7a2
  3. #2f9590
  4. #29827e
  5. #23706c
  6. #1e5d5a
  7. #184a48
  8. #123836
  9. #0c2524
  10. #061312
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bbab4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bbab4
  2. #4fc1bc
  3. #62c8c3
  4. #76cfcb
  5. #89d6d2
  6. #9dddda
  7. #b1e3e1
  8. #c4eae9
  9. #d8f1f0
  10. #ebf8f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bbab4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bbab4
  2. #42b4af
  3. #49aeaa
  4. #50a9a4
  5. #57a39f
  6. #5e9d9a
  7. #649795
  8. #6b9190
  9. #728c8a
  10. #798685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ab0ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb0b4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ca3b5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fb4b4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #81acb5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bdb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bbab4 {
  color: #3bbab4;
}
Background
.bg-3bbab4 {
  background-color: #3bbab4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bbab4 {
  border: 2px solid #3bbab4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bbab4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 186 180;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 52% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bbab4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bbab4, #3b80ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bbab4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 186 180 / 0.35);
}

#0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 1.64 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 2.03 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.78 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.28 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.98 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.15 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 8.13 #c4454b Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Tiffany Blue
#3bbab4  rgb(59, 186, 180)  hsl(177, 52%, 48%)  Tiffany Blue
#ba3b41  rgb(186, 59, 65)  hsl(357, 52%, 48%)  Cardinal
#b43bba  rgb(180, 59, 186)  hsl(297, 52%, 48%)  Purpureus
#bab43b  rgb(186, 180, 59)  hsl(57, 52%, 48%)  Brass