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#3BC1BE

#3bc1be ≈ Tiffany Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bc1be is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 75.69% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.55% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 178.66°, with 53.17% saturation and 49.41% 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 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Tiffany Blue (#0abab5), ΔE 2.72.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4279

Complementary

  1. #3bc1be
  2. #c13b3e

Split complementary

  1. #3bc1be
  2. #c13b81
  3. #c17b3b

Analogous

  1. #3bc17b
  2. #3bc1be
  3. #3b81c1

Triadic

  1. #3bc1be
  2. #be3bc1
  3. #c1be3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bc1be
  2. #3b3ec1
  3. #c13b3e
  4. #c1be3b

Square

  1. #3bc1be
  2. #7b3bc1
  3. #c13b3e
  4. #81c13b

Monochromatic

  1. #174c4b
  2. #298684
  3. #3bc1be
  4. #74d4d2
  5. #afe6e5

Shades

#3bc1be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bc1be
  2. #35aeab
  3. #2f9a98
  4. #298785
  5. #237472
  6. #1e615f
  7. #184d4c
  8. #123a39
  9. #0c2726
  10. #061313
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bc1be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bc1be
  2. #4fc7c5
  3. #62cdcb
  4. #76d4d2
  5. #89dad8
  6. #9de0df
  7. #b1e6e5
  8. #c4ecec
  9. #d8f3f2
  10. #ebf9f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bc1be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bc1be
  2. #42bbb8
  3. #49b4b2
  4. #50aeab
  5. #57a7a5
  6. #5ea19f
  7. #649a99
  8. #6b9493
  9. #728d8c
  10. #798786
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb6b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5b7be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a9bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c7c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94bbbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #84b3bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c4bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bc1be {
  color: #3bc1be;
}
Background
.bg-3bc1be {
  background-color: #3bc1be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bc1be {
  border: 2px solid #3bc1be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bc1be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 193 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 53% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bc1be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bc1be, #3b81c1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bc1be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 193 190 / 0.35);
}

#0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 2.72 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.24 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.91 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.02 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.12 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 4.84 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.54 #c43e41 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Tiffany Blue
#3bc1be  rgb(59, 193, 190)  hsl(179, 53%, 49%)  Tiffany Blue
#c13b3e  rgb(193, 59, 62)  hsl(359, 53%, 49%)  Persian Red
#be3bc1  rgb(190, 59, 193)  hsl(299, 53%, 49%)  Medium Orchid
#c1be3b  rgb(193, 190, 59)  hsl(59, 53%, 49%)  Old Gold