#3b8b9a

Color #3b8b9a

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.8 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3b8b9a

RGB

rgb(59, 139, 154)

HSL

hsl(189.5, 44.6%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.5, 61.7%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(53.74, -19.61, -15.28)

LCH

lch(53.74, 24.86, 217.93)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0803, 211.87)

HWB

hwb(189.5, 23.1%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a4a3b

Analogous

#3b9a7a

#3b8b9a

#3b5c9a

Triadic

#3b8b9a

#9a3b8b

#8b9a3b

Split-complementary

#3b8b9a

#9a3b5c

#9a7a3b

Tetradic

#3b8b9a

#4a3b9a

#9a4a3b

#8b9a3b

Square

#3b8b9a

#7a3b9a

#9a4a3b

#5c9a3b

Shades

Color #3b8b9a mixed toward black.

#317480

#275d67

#1e464d

#142e33

#0a171a

Tints

Color #3b8b9a mixed toward white.

#4ca9ba

#70bac8

#94cbd6

#b7dde4

#dbeef1

Tones

Color #3b8b9a mixed toward gray.

#438692

#4b808a

#537b82

#5b757a

#637073

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676897 · ΔE 24.7

Deuteranopia

#635c96 · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#429493 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b8b9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b8b9a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#3b8b9a (#3b8b9a) is rgb(59, 139, 154) in RGB.

No, #3b8b9a 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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