#3ba4b4

Color #3ba4b4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.88 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#3ba4b4

RGB

rgb(59, 164, 180)

HSL

hsl(187.9, 50.6%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.9, 67.2%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(62.32, -24.58, -17.06)

LCH

lch(62.32, 29.92, 214.76)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.0966, 209.38)

HWB

hwb(187.9, 23.1%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b44b3b

Analogous

#3bb488

#3ba4b4

#3b68b4

Triadic

#3ba4b4

#b43ba4

#a4b43b

Split-complementary

#3ba4b4

#b43b68

#b4883b

Tetradic

#3ba4b4

#4b3bb4

#b44b3b

#a4b43b

Square

#3ba4b4

#883bb4

#b44b3b

#68b43b

Shades

Color #3ba4b4 mixed toward black.

#318996

#276d78

#1e525a

#14373c

#0a1b1e

Tints

Color #3ba4b4 mixed toward white.

#55b8c7

#77c6d2

#99d5de

#bbe3e9

#ddf1f4

Tones

Color #3ba4b4 mixed toward gray.

#459daa

#4f95a0

#598e96

#63868c

#6e7f82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778b0 · ΔE 27

Deuteranopia

#7169af · ΔE 30.5

Tritanopia

#45adad · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3ba4b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3ba4b4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#3ba4b4 (#3ba4b4) is rgb(59, 164, 180) in RGB.

No, #3ba4b4 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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