#3c8ea1

Color #3c8ea1

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.84 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#3c8ea1

RGB

rgb(60, 142, 161)

HSL

hsl(191.3, 45.7%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.3, 62.7%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(54.95, -18.85, -17.47)

LCH

lch(54.95, 25.7, 222.82)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0835, 215.5)

HWB

hwb(191.3, 23.5%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a14f3c

Analogous

#3ca181

#3c8ea1

#3c5ba1

Triadic

#3c8ea1

#a13c8e

#8ea13c

Split-complementary

#3c8ea1

#a13c5b

#a1813c

Tetradic

#3c8ea1

#4f3ca1

#a14f3c

#8ea13c

Square

#3c8ea1

#813ca1

#a14f3c

#5ba13c

Shades

Color #3c8ea1 mixed toward black.

#327686

#285f6b

#1e4750

#142f36

#0a181b

Tints

Color #3c8ea1 mixed toward white.

#4fa9be

#73bacb

#96cbd8

#b9dde5

#dceef2

Tones

Color #3c8ea1 mixed toward gray.

#448998

#4d8390

#557e88

#5e797f

#667477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a9d · ΔE 24.3

Deuteranopia

#655e9c · ΔE 26.6

Tritanopia

#439998 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c8ea1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c8ea1]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#3c8ea1 (#3c8ea1) is rgb(60, 142, 161) in RGB.

No, #3c8ea1 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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