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#3BCDB6

#3bcdb6 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bcdb6 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 71.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.22% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.22% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 170.55°, 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 10.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.3.

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Relative luminance0.4797

Complementary

  1. #3bcdb6
  2. #cd3b52

Split complementary

  1. #3bcdb6
  2. #cd3b9b
  3. #cd6d3b

Analogous

  1. #3bcd6d
  2. #3bcdb6
  3. #3b9bcd

Triadic

  1. #3bcdb6
  2. #b63bcd
  3. #cdb63b

Tetradic

  1. #3bcdb6
  2. #3b52cd
  3. #cd3b52
  4. #cdb63b

Square

  1. #3bcdb6
  2. #6d3bcd
  3. #cd3b52
  4. #9bcd3b

Monochromatic

  1. #17584e
  2. #269584
  3. #3bcdb6
  4. #78ddcd
  5. #b5ece3

Shades

#3bcdb6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bcdb6
  2. #35b9a4
  3. #2fa492
  4. #29907f
  5. #237b6d
  6. #1e675b
  7. #185249
  8. #123e37
  9. #0c2924
  10. #061512
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bcdb6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bcdb6
  2. #4fd2bd
  3. #62d7c5
  4. #76dccc
  5. #89e1d3
  6. #9de6db
  7. #b1ebe2
  8. #c4f0e9
  9. #d8f5f0
  10. #ebfaf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bcdb6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bcdb6
  2. #42c5b1
  3. #49beab
  4. #50b6a6
  5. #57aea0
  6. #5ea79b
  7. #649f96
  8. #6b9790
  9. #728f8b
  10. #798885
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #96c1b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4c1b5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0b2b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d0c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0c6b5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90bdb7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cfc0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bcdb6 {
  color: #3bcdb6;
}
Background
.bg-3bcdb6 {
  background-color: #3bcdb6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bcdb6 {
  border: 2px solid #3bcdb6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bcdb6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 205 182;
  --color-primary-hsl: 171 59% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bcdb6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bcdb6, #3b9bcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bcdb6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 205 182 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.30 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.31 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.34 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.68 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.70 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.85 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.02 #c43249 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#3bcdb6  rgb(59, 205, 182)  hsl(171, 59%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cd3b52  rgb(205, 59, 82)  hsl(351, 59%, 52%)  Brick Red
#b63bcd  rgb(182, 59, 205)  hsl(291, 59%, 52%)  Medium Orchid
#cdb63b  rgb(205, 182, 59)  hsl(51, 59%, 52%)  Old Gold