#3b8f87

Color #3b8f87

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 6.92 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#3b8f87

RGB

rgb(59, 143, 135)

HSL

hsl(174.3, 41.6%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.3, 58.7%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(54.37, -27.25, -3.36)

LCH

lch(54.37, 27.46, 187.03)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0818, 186.67)

HWB

hwb(174.3, 23.1%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f3b43

Analogous

#3b8f5d

#3b8f87

#3b6d8f

Triadic

#3b8f87

#873b8f

#8f873b

Split-complementary

#3b8f87

#8f3b6d

#8f5d3b

Tetradic

#3b8f87

#3b438f

#8f3b43

#8f873b

Square

#3b8f87

#5d3b8f

#8f3b43

#6d8f3b

Shades

Color #3b8f87 mixed toward black.

#317771

#275f5a

#1d4744

#14302d

#0a1817

Tints

Color #3b8f87 mixed toward white.

#4ab3a9

#6ec3bb

#92d2cc

#b6e1dd

#dbf0ee

Tones

Color #3b8f87 mixed toward gray.

#428881

#49817c

#507a76

#577370

#5e6c6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6b89 · ΔE 28.2

Deuteranopia

#655e89 · ΔE 32.1

Tritanopia

#428b8b · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b8f87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b8f87]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3b8f87 (#3b8f87) is rgb(59, 143, 135) in RGB.

No, #3b8f87 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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