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#3E8E7B

#3e8e7b ≈ Viridian

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#3e8e7b is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 55.69% green and 48.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.34% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.38% yellow and 44.31% black. Its hue angle is 165.75°, with 39.22% saturation and 40% 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 5.36:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Viridian (#40826d), ΔE 4.59.

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Web safe#339966
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Relative luminance0.218

Complementary

  1. #3e8e7b
  2. #8e3e51

Split complementary

  1. #3e8e7b
  2. #8e3e79
  3. #8e533e

Analogous

  1. #3e8e53
  2. #3e8e7b
  3. #3e798e

Triadic

  1. #3e8e7b
  2. #7b3e8e
  3. #8e7b3e

Tetradic

  1. #3e8e7b
  2. #3e518e
  3. #8e3e51
  4. #8e7b3e

Square

  1. #3e8e7b
  2. #533e8e
  3. #8e3e51
  4. #798e3e

Monochromatic

  1. #0f241f
  2. #27594d
  3. #3e8e7b
  4. #5fb9a4
  5. #94d1c2

Shades

#3e8e7b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3e8e7b
  2. #38806f
  3. #327262
  4. #2b6356
  5. #25554a
  6. #1f473e
  7. #193931
  8. #132b25
  9. #0c1c19
  10. #060e0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#3e8e7b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3e8e7b
  2. #519988
  3. #65a595
  4. #78b0a3
  5. #8bbbb0
  6. #9fc7bd
  7. #b2d2ca
  8. #c5ddd7
  9. #d8e8e5
  10. #ecf4f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3e8e7b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3e8e7b
  2. #458d7c
  3. #4b8b7c
  4. #528a7d
  5. #58887d
  6. #5f877e
  7. #66867e
  8. #6c847f
  9. #73837f
  10. #798180
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c867e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89867a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d7d7c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0e9088 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73897a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #69847c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #298f83 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3e8e7b {
  color: #3e8e7b;
}
Background
.bg-3e8e7b {
  background-color: #3e8e7b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3e8e7b {
  border: 2px solid #3e8e7b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3e8e7b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 142 123;
  --color-primary-hsl: 166 39% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3e8e7b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3e8e7b, #3e798e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3e8e7b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 142 123 / 0.35);
}

#40826d Viridian ΔE 4.59 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 8.17 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 8.29 #01796f Pine Green ΔE 9.21 #317873 Myrtle Green ΔE 9.53 #008080 Teal ΔE 9.54 #2e8b57 Sea Green ΔE 10.07 #c17184 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Viridian
#3e8e7b  rgb(62, 142, 123)  hsl(166, 39%, 40%)  Viridian
#8e3e51  rgb(142, 62, 81)  hsl(346, 39%, 40%)  Cordovan
#7b3e8e  rgb(123, 62, 142)  hsl(286, 39%, 40%)  Eminence
#8e7b3e  rgb(142, 123, 62)  hsl(46, 39%, 40%)  Olive