All About Color #3C8B8A

#3C8B8A

About #3C8B8A

#3C8B8A is a dark cyan color with the hex code #3C8B8A. In RGB it is red 60, green 139, blue 138; in HSL it is hue 179°, saturation 40%, lightness 39%; in CMYK it is 57%, 0%, 1%, 45%. Its contrast ratio is 4.00:1 on white and 5.25:1 on black.

#3C8B8A Color Conversion

Hex triplet3C, 8B, 8A
CMYK56.83%, 0.00%, 0.72%, 45.49%
RGB Decimal60, 139, 138
HSL179°, 40%, 39%
RGB Octal74, 213, 212
HSV (HSB)179.24°, 56.83%, 54.51%
RGB Binary111100, 10001011, 10001010
CIE-L*AB53.23, -24.18, -6.78
RGB Percent23.53%, 54.51%, 54.12%
CIE-L*CH53.23, 25.11, 195.66
XYZ15.68, 21.26, 27.32
CIE-L*UV53.23, -32.69, -6.21
xyY0.24, 0.33, 21.26
Hunter-Lab46.11, -19.98, -2.86
RYB23.53%, 39.12%, 54.51%

Color Accessibility Scores

#3C8B8A on a dark background: contrast 5.25:1, passes WCAG AA.
#3C8B8A on a light background: contrast 4.00:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #3C8B8A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

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Complementary palette

#3C8B8A · #65BDBC · #204B4A · #8B3C3D · #BD6567

Analogous palette

#3D8B3C · #3C8B62 · #3C8B8A · #3C658B · #3C3D8B

Triadic palette

#3C8B8A · #8A3C8B · #8B8A3C · #65BDBC · #BC65BD

Tetradic palette

#3C8B8A · #623C8B · #8B3C3D · #658B3C · #204B4A

Monochromatic palette

#0E2020 · #255655 · #3C8B8A · #5BB9B7 · #90D0CF

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