#3aa3b0

Color #3aa3b0

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.98 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#3aa3b0

RGB

rgb(58, 163, 176)

HSL

hsl(186.6, 50.4%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.6, 67%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(67%, 7.4%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(61.85, -25.45, -15.53)

LCH

lch(61.85, 29.81, 211.39)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0957, 206.78)

HWB

hwb(186.6, 22.7%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0473a

Analogous

#3ab082

#3aa3b0

#3a68b0

Triadic

#3aa3b0

#b03aa3

#a3b03a

Split-complementary

#3aa3b0

#b03a68

#b0823a

Tetradic

#3aa3b0

#473ab0

#b0473a

#a3b03a

Square

#3aa3b0

#823ab0

#b0473a

#68b03a

Shades

Color #3aa3b0 mixed toward black.

#308893

#276d75

#1d5258

#13363b

#0a1b1d

Tints

Color #3aa3b0 mixed toward white.

#52b9c6

#75c7d1

#97d5dd

#bae3e8

#dcf1f4

Tones

Color #3aa3b0 mixed toward gray.

#449ba6

#4e949c

#588c93

#618489

#6b7d7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7677ad · ΔE 27.5

Deuteranopia

#7168ac · ΔE 31.2

Tritanopia

#44abaa · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3aa3b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3aa3b0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3aa3b0 (#3aa3b0) is rgb(58, 163, 176) in RGB.

No, #3aa3b0 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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