#3bbcbc

Color #3bbcbc

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 6.63 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3bbcbc

RGB

rgb(59, 188, 188)

HSL

hsl(180, 52.2%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 68.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(69.84, -33.94, -10.18)

LCH

lch(69.84, 35.43, 196.7)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.1091, 195.03)

HWB

hwb(180, 23.1%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc3b3b

Analogous

#3bbc7b

#3bbcbc

#3b7bbc

Triadic

#3bbcbc

#bc3bbc

#bcbc3b

Split-complementary

#3bbcbc

#bc3b7b

#bc7b3b

Tetradic

#3bbcbc

#3b3bbc

#bc3b3b

#bcbc3b

Square

#3bbcbc

#7b3bbc

#bc3b3b

#7bbc3b

Shades

Color #3bbcbc mixed toward black.

#319d9d

#277d7d

#1d5e5e

#143f3f

#0a1f1f

Tints

Color #3bbcbc mixed toward white.

#58cbcb

#79d5d5

#9be0e0

#bceaea

#def5f5

Tones

Color #3bbcbc mixed toward gray.

#46b1b1

#50a6a6

#5b9c9c

#669191

#718686

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788bc · ΔE 30.8

Deuteranopia

#8076bc · ΔE 35.6

Tritanopia

#49bcbc · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3bbcbc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3bbcbc]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#3bbcbc (#3bbcbc) is rgb(59, 188, 188) in RGB.

No, #3bbcbc 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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