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#3BDCDA

#3bdcda ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bdcda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 179.25°, 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 12.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 2.88.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5718

Complementary

  1. #3bdcda
  2. #dc3b3d

Split complementary

  1. #3bdcda
  2. #dc3b8e
  3. #dc893b

Analogous

  1. #3bdc89
  2. #3bdcda
  3. #3b8edc

Triadic

  1. #3bdcda
  2. #da3bdc
  3. #dcda3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bdcda
  2. #3b3ddc
  3. #dc3b3d
  4. #dcda3b

Square

  1. #3bdcda
  2. #893bdc
  3. #dc3b3d
  4. #8edc3b

Monochromatic

  1. #136b6a
  2. #1facaa
  3. #3bdcda
  4. #7ce8e6
  5. #bdf3f3

Shades

#3bdcda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bdcda
  2. #35c6c4
  3. #2fb0ae
  4. #299a99
  5. #238483
  6. #1e6e6d
  7. #185857
  8. #124241
  9. #0c2c2c
  10. #061616
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bdcda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bdcda
  2. #4fe0de
  3. #62e3e1
  4. #76e7e5
  5. #89eae9
  6. #9deeed
  7. #b1f1f0
  8. #c4f5f4
  9. #d8f8f8
  10. #ebfcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bdcda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bdcda
  2. #42d3d1
  3. #49cac8
  4. #50c0bf
  5. #57b7b6
  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 12.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2d0cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ced1da ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7c0db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7d5da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95ccdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e0db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bdcda {
  color: #3bdcda;
}
Background
.bg-3bdcda {
  background-color: #3bdcda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bdcda {
  border: 2px solid #3bdcda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bdcda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 220 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 70% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bdcda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bdcda, #3b8edc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bdcda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 220 218 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 2.88 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.89 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.95 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.14 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.72 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.63 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.63 #c42325 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#3bdcda  rgb(59, 220, 218)  hsl(179, 70%, 55%)  Medium Turquoise
#dc3b3d  rgb(220, 59, 61)  hsl(359, 70%, 55%)  Persian Red
#da3bdc  rgb(218, 59, 220)  hsl(299, 70%, 55%)  Medium Orchid
#dcda3b  rgb(220, 218, 59)  hsl(59, 70%, 55%)  Dandelion