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#3FAB9E

#3fab9e ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#3fab9e is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 67.06% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.16% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.6% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 172.78°, with 46.15% saturation and 45.88% 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 7.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.21.

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Relative luminance0.3265

Complementary

  1. #3fab9e
  2. #ab3f4c

Split complementary

  1. #3fab9e
  2. #ab3f82
  3. #ab683f

Analogous

  1. #3fab68
  2. #3fab9e
  3. #3f82ab

Triadic

  1. #3fab9e
  2. #9e3fab
  3. #ab9e3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fab9e
  2. #3f4cab
  3. #ab3f4c
  4. #ab9e3f

Square

  1. #3fab9e
  2. #683fab
  3. #ab3f4c
  4. #82ab3f

Monochromatic

  1. #163b37
  2. #2a736a
  3. #3fab9e
  4. #6dc9be
  5. #a5ded7

Shades

#3fab9e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fab9e
  2. #399a8e
  3. #32897e
  4. #2c786f
  5. #26675f
  6. #20564f
  7. #19443f
  8. #13332f
  9. #0d2220
  10. #061110
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fab9e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fab9e
  2. #52b3a8
  3. #65bcb1
  4. #79c4bb
  5. #8ccdc5
  6. #9fd5cf
  7. #b2ddd8
  8. #c5e6e2
  9. #d9eeec
  10. #ecf7f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fab9e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fab9e
  2. #46a79b
  3. #4ca298
  4. #539e95
  5. #599a92
  6. #60968f
  7. #66918c
  8. #6d8d89
  9. #738986
  10. #7a8483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a19c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3a29e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93969f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aea7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86a59e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a9f9f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #06ada3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fab9e {
  color: #3fab9e;
}
Background
.bg-3fab9e {
  background-color: #3fab9e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fab9e {
  border: 2px solid #3fab9e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fab9e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 171 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 46% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fab9e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fab9e, #3f82ab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fab9e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 171 158 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.21 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 3.76 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.95 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.57 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 7.57 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.45 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 9.49 #c05461 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#3fab9e  rgb(63, 171, 158)  hsl(173, 46%, 46%)  Light Sea Green
#ab3f4c  rgb(171, 63, 76)  hsl(353, 46%, 46%)  Cardinal
#9e3fab  rgb(158, 63, 171)  hsl(293, 46%, 46%)  Purpureus
#ab9e3f  rgb(171, 158, 63)  hsl(53, 46%, 46%)  Brass