#3c83a4

Color #3c83a4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.18 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#3c83a4

RGB

rgb(60, 131, 164)

HSL

hsl(199, 46.4%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199, 63.4%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(51.69, -11.85, -24.19)

LCH

lch(51.69, 26.94, 243.9)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.087, 231.02)

HWB

hwb(199, 23.5%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a45d3c

Analogous

#3ca491

#3c83a4

#3c4fa4

Triadic

#3c83a4

#a43c83

#83a43c

Split-complementary

#3c83a4

#a43c4f

#a4913c

Tetradic

#3c83a4

#5d3ca4

#a45d3c

#83a43c

Square

#3c83a4

#913ca4

#a45d3c

#4fa43c

Shades

Color #3c83a4 mixed toward black.

#326d89

#28576d

#1e4152

#142c37

#0a161b

Tints

Color #3c83a4 mixed toward white.

#509cbf

#73b0cc

#96c4d9

#b9d7e5

#dcebf2

Tones

Color #3c83a4 mixed toward gray.

#45809b

#4d7d93

#56798a

#5f7681

#677379

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63639d · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#5f599b · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#429795 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c83a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c83a4]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#3c83a4 (#3c83a4) is rgb(60, 131, 164) in RGB.

No, #3c83a4 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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