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#3BDCD9

#3bdcd9 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bdcd9 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 86.27% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 178.88°, with 69.7% saturation and 54.71% 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 12.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 2.78.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5713

Complementary

  1. #3bdcd9
  2. #dc3b3e

Split complementary

  1. #3bdcd9
  2. #dc3b8f
  3. #dc893b

Analogous

  1. #3bdc89
  2. #3bdcd9
  3. #3b8fdc

Triadic

  1. #3bdcd9
  2. #d93bdc
  3. #dcd93b

Tetradic

  1. #3bdcd9
  2. #3b3edc
  3. #dc3b3e
  4. #dcd93b

Square

  1. #3bdcd9
  2. #893bdc
  3. #dc3b3e
  4. #8fdc3b

Monochromatic

  1. #136b69
  2. #1faca9
  3. #3bdcd9
  4. #7ce8e6
  5. #bdf3f2

Shades

#3bdcd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bdcd9
  2. #35c6c3
  3. #2fb0ae
  4. #299a98
  5. #238482
  6. #1e6e6d
  7. #185857
  8. #124241
  9. #0c2c2b
  10. #061616
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bdcd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bdcd9
  2. #4fe0dd
  3. #62e3e1
  4. #76e7e4
  5. #89eae8
  6. #9deeec
  7. #b1f1f0
  8. #c4f5f4
  9. #d8f8f7
  10. #ebfcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bdcd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bdcd9
  2. #42d3d0
  3. #49cac7
  4. #50c0be
  5. #57b7b5
  6. #5eaead
  7. #64a5a4
  8. #6b9c9b
  9. #729292
  10. #798989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2d0ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ced1d9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7c0da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7d5d9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95ccda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e0da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bdcd9 {
  color: #3bdcd9;
}
Background
.bg-3bdcd9 {
  background-color: #3bdcd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bdcd9 {
  border: 2px solid #3bdcd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bdcd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 220 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 70% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bdcd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bdcd9, #3b8fdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bdcd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 220 217 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 2.78 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.72 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.02 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.17 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.39 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.67 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.67 #c42326 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#3bdcd9  rgb(59, 220, 217)  hsl(179, 70%, 55%)  Medium Turquoise
#dc3b3e  rgb(220, 59, 62)  hsl(359, 70%, 55%)  Persian Red
#d93bdc  rgb(217, 59, 220)  hsl(299, 70%, 55%)  Medium Orchid
#dcd93b  rgb(220, 217, 59)  hsl(59, 70%, 55%)  Dandelion