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#3BC5BE

#3bc5be ≈ Robin Egg Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bc5be is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 77.25% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.05% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.55% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 176.96°, with 54.33% saturation and 50.2% 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 9.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Robin Egg Blue (#00cccc), ΔE 3.22.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4458

Complementary

  1. #3bc5be
  2. #c53b42

Split complementary

  1. #3bc5be
  2. #c53b87
  3. #c5793b

Analogous

  1. #3bc579
  2. #3bc5be
  3. #3b87c5

Triadic

  1. #3bc5be
  2. #be3bc5
  3. #c5be3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bc5be
  2. #3b42c5
  3. #c53b42
  4. #c5be3b

Square

  1. #3bc5be
  2. #793bc5
  3. #c53b42
  4. #87c53b

Monochromatic

  1. #184f4d
  2. #298b86
  3. #3bc5be
  4. #76d6d2
  5. #b1e8e5

Shades

#3bc5be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bc5be
  2. #35b1ab
  3. #2f9e98
  4. #298a85
  5. #237672
  6. #1e635f
  7. #184f4c
  8. #123b39
  9. #0c2726
  10. #061413
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bc5be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bc5be
  2. #4fcbc5
  3. #62d1cb
  4. #76d6d2
  5. #89dcd8
  6. #9de2df
  7. #b1e8e5
  8. #c4eeec
  9. #d8f3f2
  10. #ebf9f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bc5be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bc5be
  2. #42beb8
  3. #49b7b2
  4. #50b0ab
  5. #57a9a5
  6. #5ea39f
  7. #649c99
  8. #6b9593
  9. #728e8c
  10. #798786
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91bab7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #babbbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6acbf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cac3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97bfbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88b6bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c8c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bc5be {
  color: #3bc5be;
}
Background
.bg-3bc5be {
  background-color: #3bc5be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bc5be {
  border: 2px solid #3bc5be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bc5be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 197 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 54% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bc5be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bc5be, #3b87c5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bc5be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 197 190 / 0.35);
}

#00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.22 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.22 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 3.38 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.25 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.88 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 5.36 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.01 #c43a41 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Robin Egg Blue
#3bc5be  rgb(59, 197, 190)  hsl(177, 54%, 50%)  Robin Egg Blue
#c53b42  rgb(197, 59, 66)  hsl(357, 54%, 50%)  Persian Red
#be3bc5  rgb(190, 59, 197)  hsl(297, 54%, 50%)  Medium Orchid
#c5be3b  rgb(197, 190, 59)  hsl(57, 54%, 50%)  Old Gold