#3498b6

Color #3498b6

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 16.74 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#3498b6

RGB

rgb(52, 152, 182)

HSL

hsl(193.8, 55.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.8, 71.4%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(58.57, -18.73, -23.93)

LCH

lch(58.57, 30.39, 231.95)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.1002, 221.89)

HWB

hwb(193.8, 20.4%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b65234

Analogous

#34b693

#3498b6

#3457b6

Triadic

#3498b6

#b63498

#98b634

Split-complementary

#3498b6

#b63457

#b69334

Tetradic

#3498b6

#5234b6

#b65234

#98b634

Square

#3498b6

#9334b6

#b65234

#57b634

Shades

Color #3498b6 mixed toward black.

#2b7f98

#236579

#1a4c5b

#11333d

#09191e

Tints

Color #3498b6 mixed toward white.

#4cafcc

#70bfd6

#94cfe0

#b7dfeb

#dbeff5

Tones

Color #3498b6 mixed toward gray.

#3f92ab

#4a8ca0

#558796

#5f818b

#6a7b80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6faf · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#6860ae · ΔE 27.5

Tritanopia

#3eaaa9 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3498b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3498b6]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#3498b6 (#3498b6) is rgb(52, 152, 182) in RGB.

No, #3498b6 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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