#3ab0c6

Color #3ab0c6

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 15.34 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#3ab0c6

RGB

rgb(58, 176, 198)

HSL

hsl(189.4, 55.1%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.4, 70.7%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(66.54, -25.23, -20.67)

LCH

lch(66.54, 32.62, 219.33)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1065, 212.69)

HWB

hwb(189.4, 22.7%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6503a

Analogous

#3ac696

#3ab0c6

#3a6ac6

Triadic

#3ab0c6

#c63ab0

#b0c63a

Split-complementary

#3ab0c6

#c63a6a

#c6963a

Tetradic

#3ab0c6

#503ac6

#c6503a

#b0c63a

Square

#3ab0c6

#963ac6

#c6503a

#6ac63a

Shades

Color #3ab0c6 mixed toward black.

#3093a5

#267684

#1d5863

#133b42

#0a1d21

Tints

Color #3ab0c6 mixed toward white.

#5bbdcf

#7ccad9

#9dd8e2

#bde5ec

#def2f5

Tones

Color #3ab0c6 mixed toward gray.

#46a8ba

#51a0af

#5d98a3

#699097

#74888c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80c1 · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#786fc0 · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#46bdbc · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3ab0c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3ab0c6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#3ab0c6 (#3ab0c6) is rgb(58, 176, 198) in RGB.

No, #3ab0c6 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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