Information about #3BBDBA color

#3BBDBA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#3BBDBA falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(59, 189, 186) — 23.1% red, 74.1% green, 72.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 51 / 0 / 1 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#3BBDBA is a clearly saturated water-like cyan that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Maximum Blue Green (#30BFBF). Slightly further away sit Macaw Blue Green (#43BFC7) and Verdigris (#43B3AE).

In RGB terms — rgb(59, 189, 186) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #3BBDBA: 9.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#3BBDBA color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#3BBDBA color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#3BBDBA color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#3BBDBA color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#3BBDBA color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#3BBDBA color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#BEBC3C
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#3C3EBE
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#7B3CBE
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Nearest named colors to #3BBDBA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Maximum Blue Green color link
Maximum Blue Green

#30BFBF

Macaw Blue Green color link
Macaw Blue Green

#43BFC7

Verdigris color link
Verdigris

#43B3AE

Jellyfish color link
Jellyfish

#46C7C7

Moonstone color link
Moonstone

#3AA8C1

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Viking color link
Viking

#4DB1C8

Soft Teal color link
Soft Teal

#44A9AA

Homebox Blue color link
Homebox Blue

#36A2B9

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Sea Serpent color link
Sea Serpent

#4BC7CF

Tealish color link
Tealish

#24BCA8

#3BBDBA color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#3BBDBA
  • RGB59, 189, 186
  • CMYK51, 0, 1, 26
  • CSSrgb(59, 189, 186)
  • HSL179°, 52%, 49%
  • HSL Precise178.615°, 52.419%, 48.627%
  • HSV179°, 69%, 74%
  • HSB179°, 69%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.231
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.231, 0.741, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.231, 0.741, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.231, 0.741, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB23.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID3BBDBA
  • DECIMAL ID3915194
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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