HEX Color #3AA0A0 (Darkcyan)

About #3AA0A0

The precise color #3AA0A0 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkcyan. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 58, 160, and 160.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 64% cyan and 0% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#3AA0A0

RGB58, 160, 160

HSL180.0°, 46.8%, 42.7%

CMYK64%, 0%, 0%, 37%

HSV180.0°, 63.8%, 62.7%

LAB60.4, -28.7, -8.7

XYZ20.7, 28.6, 37.7

Decimal3842208

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#3AA0A0 #A03939

Analogous

#39A06D #396CA0

Triadic

#A0399F #9FA039

Tetradic

#6C39A0 #A03939 #6DA039

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#3AA0A0

#4FAAAA

#65B5B5

#7BBFBF

#91CACA

#A7D4D4

#BDDFDF

#D3E9E9

#E9F4F4

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#3AA0A0

#338E8E

#2D7C7C

#266A6A

#205858

#194747

#133535

#0C2323

#061111

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.13:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

6.72:1

Text on #000000

AA

2.99:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

5.71:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #3AA0A0; }

.text-color { color: #3AA0A0; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #3AA0A0; }

Similar Colors

Darkcyan

#008B8B