#3c9db1

Color #3c9db1

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.54 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#3c9db1

RGB

rgb(60, 157, 177)

HSL

hsl(190.3, 49.4%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.3, 66.1%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(60.11, -21.75, -18.72)

LCH

lch(60.11, 28.7, 220.72)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0934, 213.83)

HWB

hwb(190.3, 23.5%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1503c

Analogous

#3cb18b

#3c9db1

#3c62b1

Triadic

#3c9db1

#b13c9d

#9db13c

Split-complementary

#3c9db1

#b13c62

#b18b3c

Tetradic

#3c9db1

#503cb1

#b1503c

#9db13c

Square

#3c9db1

#8b3cb1

#b1503c

#62b13c

Shades

Color #3c9db1 mixed toward black.

#328394

#286976

#1e4f59

#14343b

#0a1a1e

Tints

Color #3c9db1 mixed toward white.

#55b2c5

#77c2d1

#99d1dc

#bbe0e8

#ddf0f3

Tones

Color #3c9db1 mixed toward gray.

#4697a7

#50909e

#598a94

#63838a

#6d7d80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374ac · ΔE 25.5

Deuteranopia

#6e66ab · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#45a9a8 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c9db1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c9db1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#3c9db1 (#3c9db1) is rgb(60, 157, 177) in RGB.

No, #3c9db1 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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