#3a8c98

Color #3a8c98

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3a8c98

RGB

rgb(58, 140, 152)

HSL

hsl(187.7, 44.8%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.7, 61.8%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(53.94, -20.94, -13.81)

LCH

lch(53.94, 25.08, 213.4)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.0805, 208.41)

HWB

hwb(187.7, 22.7%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98463a

Analogous

#3a9875

#3a8c98

#3a5d98

Triadic

#3a8c98

#983a8c

#8c983a

Split-complementary

#3a8c98

#983a5d

#98753a

Tetradic

#3a8c98

#463a98

#98463a

#8c983a

Square

#3a8c98

#753a98

#98463a

#5d983a

Shades

Color #3a8c98 mixed toward black.

#30757f

#275d65

#1d464c

#132f33

#0a1719

Tints

Color #3a8c98 mixed toward white.

#4aacba

#6ebcc8

#92cdd6

#b7dee3

#dbeef1

Tones

Color #3a8c98 mixed toward gray.

#428690

#4a8088

#527b81

#597579

#616f71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686895 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#635d95 · ΔE 28

Tritanopia

#419392 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3a8c98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3a8c98]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#3a8c98 (#3a8c98) is rgb(58, 140, 152) in RGB.

No, #3a8c98 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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