#3a8f9a

Color #3a8f9a

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.94 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#3a8f9a

RGB

rgb(58, 143, 154)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 45.3%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 62.3%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(54.94, -21.9, -13.45)

LCH

lch(54.94, 25.7, 211.56)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.0822, 206.97)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 22.7%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a453a

Analogous

#3a9a75

#3a8f9a

#3a5f9a

Triadic

#3a8f9a

#9a3a8f

#8f9a3a

Split-complementary

#3a8f9a

#9a3a5f

#9a753a

Tetradic

#3a8f9a

#453a9a

#9a453a

#8f9a3a

Square

#3a8f9a

#753a9a

#9a453a

#5f9a3a

Shades

Color #3a8f9a mixed toward black.

#307780

#275f67

#1d484d

#133033

#0a181a

Tints

Color #3a8f9a mixed toward white.

#4baebb

#6fbec9

#93cfd6

#b7dfe4

#dbeff1

Tones

Color #3a8f9a mixed toward gray.

#428992

#4a838a

#527d82

#5a767a

#627072

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a97 · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#655e97 · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#429595 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3a8f9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3a8f9a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3a8f9a (#3a8f9a) is rgb(58, 143, 154) in RGB.

No, #3a8f9a 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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