#3c998f

Color #3c998f

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 8.28 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#3c998f

RGB

rgb(60, 153, 143)

HSL

hsl(173.5, 43.7%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.5, 60.8%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)

LAB

lab(57.77, -29.75, -2.93)

LCH

lch(57.77, 29.89, 185.62)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0886, 185.44)

HWB

hwb(173.5, 23.5%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#993c46

Analogous

#3c9960

#3c998f

#3c7599

Triadic

#3c998f

#8f3c99

#998f3c

Split-complementary

#3c998f

#993c75

#99603c

Tetradic

#3c998f

#3c4699

#993c46

#998f3c

Square

#3c998f

#603c99

#993c46

#75993c

Shades

Color #3c998f mixed toward black.

#328077

#28665f

#1e4d48

#143330

#0a1a18

Tints

Color #3c998f mixed toward white.

#4db9ae

#71c7be

#94d5ce

#b8e3de

#dbf1ef

Tones

Color #3c998f mixed toward gray.

#449189

#4c8a83

#53827d

#5b7a77

#637271

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#707192 · ΔE 29.2

Deuteranopia

#6b6492 · ΔE 33.2

Tritanopia

#459394 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c998f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c998f]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3c998f (#3c998f) is rgb(60, 153, 143) in RGB.

No, #3c998f 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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