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#3BCE8A

#3bce8a ≈ Emerald

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#3bce8a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 80.78% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.36% cyan, 0% magenta, 33.01% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 152.24°, with 60% saturation and 51.96% 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 10.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Emerald (#50c878), ΔE 3.73.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4691

Complementary

  1. #3bce8a
  2. #ce3b7f

Split complementary

  1. #3bce8a
  2. #ce3bc9
  3. #ce403b

Analogous

  1. #3bce40
  2. #3bce8a
  3. #3bc9ce

Triadic

  1. #3bce8a
  2. #8a3bce
  3. #ce8a3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bce8a
  2. #3b7fce
  3. #ce3b7f
  4. #ce8a3b

Square

  1. #3bce8a
  2. #403bce
  3. #ce3b7f
  4. #c9ce3b

Monochromatic

  1. #165a3b
  2. #269762
  3. #3bce8a
  4. #78ddaf
  5. #b5edd3

Shades

#3bce8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bce8a
  2. #35b97c
  3. #2fa56e
  4. #299061
  5. #237c53
  6. #1e6745
  7. #185237
  8. #123e29
  9. #0c291c
  10. #06150e
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bce8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bce8a
  2. #4fd396
  3. #62d8a1
  4. #76ddad
  5. #89e2b9
  6. #9de7c5
  7. #b1ebd0
  8. #c4f0dc
  9. #d8f5e8
  10. #ebfaf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bce8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bce8a
  2. #42c689
  3. #49be88
  4. #50b787
  5. #57af86
  6. #5ea785
  7. #649f84
  8. #6b9783
  9. #729082
  10. #798881
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95c0a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccbe86 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bab18e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6c587 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97bd8d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cdaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bce8a {
  color: #3bce8a;
}
Background
.bg-3bce8a {
  background-color: #3bce8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bce8a {
  border: 2px solid #3bce8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bce8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 206 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 152 60% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bce8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bce8a, #3bc9ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bce8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 206 138 / 0.35);
}

#50c878 Emerald ΔE 3.73 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.45 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 7.21 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.80 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.08 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 8.90 #74c365 Mantis ΔE 9.25 #c43175 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Emerald
#3bce8a  rgb(59, 206, 138)  hsl(152, 60%, 52%)  Emerald
#ce3b7f  rgb(206, 59, 127)  hsl(332, 60%, 52%)  Telemagenta
#8a3bce  rgb(138, 59, 206)  hsl(272, 60%, 52%)  Dark Orchid
#ce8a3b  rgb(206, 138, 59)  hsl(32, 60%, 52%)  Peru