#3bcadd

Color #3bcadd

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 11.39 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3.9

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#3bcadd

RGB

rgb(59, 202, 221)

HSL

hsl(187, 70.4%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187, 73.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(75.07, -30.87, -20.27)

LCH

lch(75.07, 36.93, 213.29)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.1195, 208.17)

HWB

hwb(187, 23.1%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd4e3b

Analogous

#3bdd9f

#3bcadd

#3b79dd

Triadic

#3bcadd

#dd3bca

#cadd3b

Split-complementary

#3bcadd

#dd3b79

#dd9f3b

Tetradic

#3bcadd

#4e3bdd

#dd4e3b

#cadd3b

Square

#3bcadd

#9f3bdd

#dd4e3b

#79dd3b

Shades

Color #3bcadd mixed toward black.

#23b4c7

#1c909f

#156c77

#0e4850

#072428

Tints

Color #3bcadd mixed toward white.

#5cd3e3

#7cdce8

#9de5ee

#beedf4

#def6f9

Tones

Color #3bcadd mixed toward gray.

#49c0cf

#56b5c2

#64abb4

#71a1a7

#7f9699

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9092d9 · ΔE 29.9

Deuteranopia

#897ed8 · ΔE 34.3

Tritanopia

#4bd5d4 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 22.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #3bcadd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3bcadd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3bcadd (#3bcadd) is rgb(59, 202, 221) in RGB.

No, #3bcadd is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #3bcadd, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast