#3091a8

Color #3091a8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.89 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3091a8

RGB

rgb(48, 145, 168)

HSL

hsl(191.5, 55.6%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.5, 71.4%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(55.79, -20.15, -20.23)

LCH

lch(55.79, 28.55, 225.11)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.0938, 216.98)

HWB

hwb(191.5, 18.8%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a84730

Analogous

#30a883

#3091a8

#3055a8

Triadic

#3091a8

#a83091

#91a830

Split-complementary

#3091a8

#a83055

#a88330

Tetradic

#3091a8

#4730a8

#a84730

#91a830

Square

#3091a8

#8330a8

#a84730

#55a830

Shades

Color #3091a8 mixed toward black.

#28798c

#206170

#184954

#103038

#08181c

Tints

Color #3091a8 mixed toward white.

#41afc9

#67bfd4

#8dcfde

#b3dfe9

#d9eff4

Tones

Color #3091a8 mixed toward gray.

#3a8b9e

#448594

#4e7f8a

#587880

#627276

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6869a3 · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#635ba2 · ΔE 28

Tritanopia

#3a9f9e · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 19.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #3091a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3091a8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#3091a8 (#3091a8) is rgb(48, 145, 168) in RGB.

No, #3091a8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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