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#3BF3EA

#3bf3ea ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3bf3ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 95.29% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.72% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.7% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 177.07°, with 88.46% saturation and 59.22% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 2.69.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.7097

Complementary

  1. #3bf3ea
  2. #f33b44

Split complementary

  1. #3bf3ea
  2. #f33ba0
  3. #f38e3b

Analogous

  1. #3bf38e
  2. #3bf3ea
  3. #3ba0f3

Triadic

  1. #3bf3ea
  2. #ea3bf3
  3. #f3ea3b

Tetradic

  1. #3bf3ea
  2. #3b44f3
  3. #f33b44
  4. #f3ea3b

Square

  1. #3bf3ea
  2. #8e3bf3
  3. #f33b44
  4. #a0f33b

Monochromatic

  1. #098c86
  2. #0dd5cb
  3. #3bf3ea
  4. #83f7f2
  5. #cbfcf9

Shades

#3bf3ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3bf3ea
  2. #35dbd3
  3. #2fc2bb
  4. #29aaa4
  5. #23928c
  6. #1e7a75
  7. #18615e
  8. #124946
  9. #0c312f
  10. #061817
  11. #000000

Tints

#3bf3ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3bf3ea
  2. #4ff4ec
  3. #62f5ee
  4. #76f7f0
  5. #89f8f2
  6. #9df9f5
  7. #b1faf7
  8. #c4fbf9
  9. #d8fdfb
  10. #ebfefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3bf3ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3bf3ea
  2. #42e8df
  3. #49dcd5
  4. #50d1ca
  5. #57c5c0
  6. #5ebab5
  7. #64aeaa
  8. #6ba3a0
  9. #729795
  10. #798c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2e5e1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5e6ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbd3ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00faf0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9ebea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5e1eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f7ee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3bf3ea {
  color: #3bf3ea;
}
Background
.bg-3bf3ea {
  background-color: #3bf3ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3bf3ea {
  border: 2px solid #3bf3ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3bf3ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 243 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 88% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3bf3ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3bf3ea, #3ba0f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3bf3ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 243 234 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 2.69 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 3.33 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 3.84 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 3.84 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.92 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.90 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.78 #c40c15 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#3bf3ea  rgb(59, 243, 234)  hsl(177, 88%, 59%)  Bright Turquoise
#f33b44  rgb(243, 59, 68)  hsl(357, 88%, 59%)  Tractor Red
#ea3bf3  rgb(234, 59, 243)  hsl(297, 88%, 59%)  Fuchsia
#f3ea3b  rgb(243, 234, 59)  hsl(57, 88%, 59%)  Titanium Yellow