#3b8599

Color #3b8599

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.1 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#3b8599

RGB

rgb(59, 133, 153)

HSL

hsl(192.8, 44.3%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.8, 61.4%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(51.84, -16.69, -17.58)

LCH

lch(51.84, 24.24, 226.49)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0789, 218.31)

HWB

hwb(192.8, 23.1%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#994f3b

Analogous

#3b997e

#3b8599

#3b5699

Triadic

#3b8599

#993b85

#85993b

Split-complementary

#3b8599

#993b56

#997e3b

Tetradic

#3b8599

#4f3b99

#994f3b

#85993b

Square

#3b8599

#7e3b99

#994f3b

#56993b

Shades

Color #3b8599 mixed toward black.

#316f80

#275966

#1e434d

#142c33

#0a161a

Tints

Color #3b8599 mixed toward white.

#4ca2ba

#70b5c8

#94c7d6

#b7dae3

#dbecf1

Tones

Color #3b8599 mixed toward gray.

#438191

#4b7c89

#537882

#5a737a

#626f72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646494 · ΔE 23.1

Deuteranopia

#5f5993 · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#419190 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b8599;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b8599]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#3b8599 (#3b8599) is rgb(59, 133, 153) in RGB.

No, #3b8599 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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