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#3BCDB2

#3bcdb2 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bcdb2 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 80.39% green and 69.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.22% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.17% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 168.9°, with 59.35% saturation and 51.76% 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 10.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 4.4.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4781

Complementary

  1. #3bcdb2
  2. #cd3b56

Split complementary

  1. #3bcdb2
  2. #cd3b9f
  3. #cd693b

Analogous

  1. #3bcd69
  2. #3bcdb2
  3. #3b9fcd

Triadic

  1. #3bcdb2
  2. #b23bcd
  3. #cdb23b

Tetradic

  1. #3bcdb2
  2. #3b56cd
  3. #cd3b56
  4. #cdb23b

Square

  1. #3bcdb2
  2. #693bcd
  3. #cd3b56
  4. #9fcd3b

Monochromatic

  1. #17584c
  2. #269581
  3. #3bcdb2
  4. #78ddca
  5. #b5ece2

Shades

#3bcdb2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bcdb2
  2. #35b9a0
  3. #2fa48e
  4. #29907d
  5. #237b6b
  6. #1e6759
  7. #185247
  8. #123e35
  9. #0c2924
  10. #061512
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bcdb2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bcdb2
  2. #4fd2ba
  3. #62d7c1
  4. #76dcc9
  5. #89e1d1
  6. #9de6d9
  7. #b1ebe0
  8. #c4f0e8
  9. #d8f5f0
  10. #ebfaf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bcdb2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bcdb2
  2. #42c5ad
  3. #49bea8
  4. #50b6a3
  5. #57ae9e
  6. #5ea799
  7. #649f94
  8. #6b978f
  9. #728f8a
  10. #798885
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #96c1b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5c0b1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b2b4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d0c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0c6b1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91bdb3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cfbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bcdb2 {
  color: #3bcdb2;
}
Background
.bg-3bcdb2 {
  background-color: #3bcdb2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bcdb2 {
  border: 2px solid #3bcdb2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bcdb2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 205 178;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 59% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bcdb2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bcdb2, #3b9fcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bcdb2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 205 178 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.40 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.07 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.45 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.58 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.67 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.79 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.86 #c4324d Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#3bcdb2  rgb(59, 205, 178)  hsl(169, 59%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cd3b56  rgb(205, 59, 86)  hsl(349, 59%, 52%)  Brick Red
#b23bcd  rgb(178, 59, 205)  hsl(289, 59%, 52%)  Dark Orchid
#cdb23b  rgb(205, 178, 59)  hsl(49, 59%, 52%)  Old Gold