#3b8888

Color #3b8888

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 6.84 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#3b8888

RGB

rgb(59, 136, 136)

HSL

hsl(180, 39.5%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 56.6%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(52.19, -23.42, -7.17)

LCH

lch(52.19, 24.49, 197.02)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0753, 195.24)

HWB

hwb(180, 23.1%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#883b3b

Analogous

#3b8861

#3b8888

#3b6188

Triadic

#3b8888

#883b88

#88883b

Split-complementary

#3b8888

#883b61

#88613b

Tetradic

#3b8888

#3b3b88

#883b3b

#88883b

Square

#3b8888

#613b88

#883b3b

#61883b

Shades

Color #3b8888 mixed toward black.

#317171

#275b5b

#1d4444

#142d2d

#0a1717

Tints

Color #3b8888 mixed toward white.

#4badad

#6cbfbf

#91cfcf

#b6dfdf

#daefef

Tones

Color #3b8888 mixed toward gray.

#418181

#487b7b

#4e7575

#556e6e

#5b6868

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#656688 · ΔE 27

Deuteranopia

#615b88 · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#428888 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b8888;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b8888]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#3b8888 (#3b8888) is rgb(59, 136, 136) in RGB.

No, #3b8888 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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