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#3BBDAB

#3bbdab ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bbdab is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 74.12% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.52% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 171.69°, with 52.42% saturation and 48.63% 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 9.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 4.63.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4027

Complementary

  1. #3bbdab
  2. #bd3b4d

Split complementary

  1. #3bbdab
  2. #bd3b8e
  3. #bd6a3b

Analogous

  1. #3bbd6a
  2. #3bbdab
  3. #3b8ebd

Triadic

  1. #3bbdab
  2. #ab3bbd
  3. #bdab3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bbdab
  2. #3b4dbd
  3. #bd3b4d
  4. #bdab3b

Square

  1. #3bbdab
  2. #6a3bbd
  3. #bd3b4d
  4. #8ebd3b

Monochromatic

  1. #174842
  2. #298376
  3. #3bbdab
  4. #72d3c5
  5. #ace5dd

Shades

#3bbdab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bbdab
  2. #35aa9a
  3. #2f9789
  4. #298478
  5. #237167
  6. #1e5f56
  7. #184c44
  8. #123933
  9. #0c2622
  10. #061311
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bbdab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bbdab
  2. #4fc4b3
  3. #62cabc
  4. #76d1c4
  5. #89d7cd
  6. #9dded5
  7. #b1e5dd
  8. #c4ebe6
  9. #d8f2ee
  10. #ebf8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bbdab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bbdab
  2. #42b7a7
  3. #49b1a2
  4. #50ab9e
  5. #57a59a
  6. #5e9f96
  7. #649891
  8. #6b928d
  9. #728c89
  10. #798684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb2aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4b2aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2a5ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93b7ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85afac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bfb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bbdab {
  color: #3bbdab;
}
Background
.bg-3bbdab {
  background-color: #3bbdab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bbdab {
  border: 2px solid #3bbdab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bbdab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 189 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 172 52% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bbdab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bbdab, #3b8ebd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bbdab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 189 171 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 4.63 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.82 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 5.30 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.03 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.19 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.40 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.65 #c44254 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#3bbdab  rgb(59, 189, 171)  hsl(172, 52%, 49%)  Light Sea Green
#bd3b4d  rgb(189, 59, 77)  hsl(352, 52%, 49%)  Brick Red
#ab3bbd  rgb(171, 59, 189)  hsl(292, 52%, 49%)  Purpureus
#bdab3b  rgb(189, 171, 59)  hsl(52, 52%, 49%)  Brass