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#3BC5AA

#3bc5aa ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bc5aa is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 77.25% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.05% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.71% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 168.26°, with 54.33% saturation and 50.2% 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 9.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 4.66.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4376

Complementary

  1. #3bc5aa
  2. #c53b56

Split complementary

  1. #3bc5aa
  2. #c53b9b
  3. #c5653b

Analogous

  1. #3bc565
  2. #3bc5aa
  3. #3b9bc5

Triadic

  1. #3bc5aa
  2. #aa3bc5
  3. #c5aa3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bc5aa
  2. #3b56c5
  3. #c53b56
  4. #c5aa3b

Square

  1. #3bc5aa
  2. #653bc5
  3. #c53b56
  4. #9bc53b

Monochromatic

  1. #184f45
  2. #298b77
  3. #3bc5aa
  4. #76d6c4
  5. #b1e8dd

Shades

#3bc5aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bc5aa
  2. #35b199
  3. #2f9e88
  4. #298a77
  5. #237666
  6. #1e6355
  7. #184f44
  8. #123b33
  9. #0c2722
  10. #061411
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bc5aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bc5aa
  2. #4fcbb3
  3. #62d1bb
  4. #76d6c4
  5. #89dccc
  6. #9de2d5
  7. #b1e8dd
  8. #c4eee6
  9. #d8f3ee
  10. #ebf9f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bc5aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bc5aa
  2. #42bea6
  3. #49b7a2
  4. #50b09d
  5. #57a999
  6. #5ea395
  7. #649c91
  8. #6b958d
  9. #728e88
  10. #798784
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90b9ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #beb9a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ababac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c8bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9abea9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8cb6ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c7b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bc5aa {
  color: #3bc5aa;
}
Background
.bg-3bc5aa {
  background-color: #3bc5aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bc5aa {
  border: 2px solid #3bc5aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bc5aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 197 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 54% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bc5aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bc5aa, #3b9bc5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bc5aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 197 170 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.66 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.35 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.14 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.85 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.94 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 7.95 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.15 #c43a55 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#3bc5aa  rgb(59, 197, 170)  hsl(168, 54%, 50%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c53b56  rgb(197, 59, 86)  hsl(348, 54%, 50%)  Brick Red
#aa3bc5  rgb(170, 59, 197)  hsl(288, 54%, 50%)  Dark Orchid
#c5aa3b  rgb(197, 170, 59)  hsl(48, 54%, 50%)  Old Gold