#3495a0

Color #3495a0

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.09 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#3495a0

RGB

rgb(52, 149, 160)

HSL

hsl(186.1, 50.9%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.1, 67.5%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(56.84, -24.18, -14.04)

LCH

lch(56.84, 27.96, 210.14)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0894, 205.85)

HWB

hwb(186.1, 20.4%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a03f34

Analogous

#34a075

#3495a0

#345fa0

Triadic

#3495a0

#a03495

#95a034

Split-complementary

#3495a0

#a0345f

#a07534

Tetradic

#3495a0

#3f34a0

#a03f34

#95a034

Square

#3495a0

#7534a0

#a03f34

#5fa034

Shades

Color #3495a0 mixed toward black.

#2b7c85

#23636b

#1a4b50

#113235

#09191b

Tints

Color #3495a0 mixed toward white.

#44b5c2

#69c4ce

#8fd3da

#b4e1e7

#daf0f3

Tones

Color #3495a0 mixed toward gray.

#3d8e97

#46878e

#4f8085

#58787c

#617173

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6d9d · ΔE 27.1

Deuteranopia

#665f9d · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#3e9b9b · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3495a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3495a0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3495a0 (#3495a0) is rgb(52, 149, 160) in RGB.

No, #3495a0 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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