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#3BCA8A

#3bca8a ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#3bca8a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 79.22% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 31.68% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 153.15°, with 57.43% saturation and 51.18% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 10:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 3.87.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4501

Complementary

  1. #3bca8a
  2. #ca3b7b

Split complementary

  1. #3bca8a
  2. #ca3bc2
  3. #ca433b

Analogous

  1. #3bca43
  2. #3bca8a
  3. #3bc2ca

Triadic

  1. #3bca8a
  2. #8a3bca
  3. #ca8a3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bca8a
  2. #3b7bca
  3. #ca3b7b
  4. #ca8a3b

Square

  1. #3bca8a
  2. #433bca
  3. #ca3b7b
  4. #c2ca3b

Monochromatic

  1. #175539
  2. #279162
  3. #3bca8a
  4. #77daae
  5. #b3ebd2

Shades

#3bca8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bca8a
  2. #35b67c
  3. #2fa26e
  4. #298d61
  5. #237953
  6. #1e6545
  7. #185137
  8. #123d29
  9. #0c281c
  10. #06140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bca8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bca8a
  2. #4fcf96
  3. #62d5a1
  4. #76daad
  5. #89dfb9
  6. #9de5c5
  7. #b1ead0
  8. #c4efdc
  9. #d8f4e8
  10. #ebfaf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bca8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bca8a
  2. #42c389
  3. #49bb88
  4. #50b487
  5. #57ac86
  6. #5ea585
  7. #649e84
  8. #6b9683
  9. #728f82
  10. #798781
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #92bda4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8bb86 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6ae8e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c9b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2c188 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94ba8d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c9a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bca8a {
  color: #3bca8a;
}
Background
.bg-3bca8a {
  background-color: #3bca8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bca8a {
  border: 2px solid #3bca8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bca8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 202 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 153 57% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bca8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bca8a, #3bc2ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bca8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 202 138 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.87 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 4.03 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 6.37 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.92 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.29 #74c365 Mantis ΔE 9.50 #00a86b Jade ΔE 9.69 #c43575 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#3bca8a  rgb(59, 202, 138)  hsl(153, 57%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#ca3b7b  rgb(202, 59, 123)  hsl(333, 57%, 51%)  Telemagenta
#8a3bca  rgb(138, 59, 202)  hsl(273, 57%, 51%)  Dark Orchid
#ca8a3b  rgb(202, 138, 59)  hsl(33, 57%, 51%)  Peru