#3cb3ad

Color #3cb3ad

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 3.81 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 5.6

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#3cb3ad

RGB

rgb(60, 179, 173)

HSL

hsl(177, 49.8%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(177, 66.5%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 3.4%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(66.68, -33.82, -6.61)

LCH

lch(66.68, 34.46, 191.06)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.1041, 190.24)

HWB

hwb(177, 23.5%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b33c42

Analogous

#3cb372

#3cb3ad

#3c7eb3

Triadic

#3cb3ad

#ad3cb3

#b3ad3c

Split-complementary

#3cb3ad

#b33c7e

#b3723c

Tetradic

#3cb3ad

#3c42b3

#b33c42

#b3ad3c

Square

#3cb3ad

#723cb3

#b33c42

#7eb33c

Shades

Color #3cb3ad mixed toward black.

#329590

#287773

#1e5a57

#143c3a

#0a1e1d

Tints

Color #3cb3ad mixed toward white.

#56c6c1

#78d2cd

#9addda

#bbe8e6

#ddf4f3

Tones

Color #3cb3ad mixed toward gray.

#46a9a4

#509f9b

#5a9592

#648b89

#6e8281

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182ae · ΔE 30.6

Deuteranopia

#7b72af · ΔE 35.3

Tritanopia

#48b0b0 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 22.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #3cb3ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3cb3ad]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#3cb3ad (#3cb3ad) is rgb(60, 179, 173) in RGB.

No, #3cb3ad is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #3cb3ad, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast