#3a9aad

Color #3a9aad

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.15 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3a9aad

RGB

rgb(58, 154, 173)

HSL

hsl(189.9, 49.8%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.9, 66.5%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.5%, 11%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(59, -21.76, -18.16)

LCH

lch(59, 28.34, 219.85)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0923, 213.19)

HWB

hwb(189.9, 22.7%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad4d3a

Analogous

#3aad86

#3a9aad

#3a61ad

Triadic

#3a9aad

#ad3a9a

#9aad3a

Split-complementary

#3a9aad

#ad3a61

#ad863a

Tetradic

#3a9aad

#4d3aad

#ad4d3a

#9aad3a

Square

#3a9aad

#863aad

#ad4d3a

#61ad3a

Shades

Color #3a9aad mixed toward black.

#308090

#276773

#1d4d57

#13333a

#0a1a1d

Tints

Color #3a9aad mixed toward white.

#51b2c5

#74c1d0

#97d1dc

#b9e0e8

#dcf0f3

Tones

Color #3a9aad mixed toward gray.

#4494a3

#4d8d9a

#578790

#608087

#6a7a7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171a9 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#6b64a8 · ΔE 28.6

Tritanopia

#43a5a4 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3a9aad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3a9aad]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#3a9aad (#3a9aad) is rgb(58, 154, 173) in RGB.

No, #3a9aad 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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