#3b9bb1

Color #3b9bb1

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.44 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#3b9bb1

RGB

rgb(59, 155, 177)

HSL

hsl(191.2, 50%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.2, 66.7%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(59.47, -20.87, -19.69)

LCH

lch(59.47, 28.69, 223.33)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.0937, 215.79)

HWB

hwb(191.2, 23.1%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1513b

Analogous

#3bb18c

#3b9bb1

#3b60b1

Triadic

#3b9bb1

#b13b9b

#9bb13b

Split-complementary

#3b9bb1

#b13b60

#b18c3b

Tetradic

#3b9bb1

#513bb1

#b1513b

#9bb13b

Square

#3b9bb1

#8c3bb1

#b1513b

#60b13b

Shades

Color #3b9bb1 mixed toward black.

#318194

#276776

#1e4e59

#14343b

#0a1a1e

Tints

Color #3b9bb1 mixed toward white.

#54b1c6

#76c0d1

#98d0dd

#bbe0e8

#ddeff4

Tones

Color #3b9bb1 mixed toward gray.

#4595a7

#4f8f9d

#598994

#62828a

#6c7c80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7272ac · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#6c65ab · ΔE 28

Tritanopia

#44a8a7 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b9bb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b9bb1]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#3b9bb1 (#3b9bb1) is rgb(59, 155, 177) in RGB.

No, #3b9bb1 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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