#3c878c

Color #3c878c

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 8.34 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#3c878c

RGB

rgb(60, 135, 140)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 40%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 57.1%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(52.04, -21.53, -9.72)

LCH

lch(52.04, 23.62, 204.3)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0742, 201.27)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 23.5%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c413c

Analogous

#3c8c69

#3c878c

#3c5f8c

Triadic

#3c878c

#8c3c87

#878c3c

Split-complementary

#3c878c

#8c3c5f

#8c693c

Tetradic

#3c878c

#413c8c

#8c413c

#878c3c

Square

#3c878c

#693c8c

#8c413c

#5f8c3c

Shades

Color #3c878c mixed toward black.

#327075

#285a5d

#1e4346

#142d2f

#0a1617

Tints

Color #3c878c mixed toward white.

#4baab0

#6ebcc1

#92cdd0

#b7dde0

#dbeeef

Tones

Color #3c878c mixed toward gray.

#438185

#497b7f

#507578

#577071

#5d6a6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65668b · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#615b8b · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#428a8a · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c878c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c878c]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3c878c (#3c878c) is rgb(60, 135, 140) in RGB.

No, #3c878c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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