#3cb4e5

Color #3cb4e5

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 9.27 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#3cb4e5

RGB

rgb(60, 180, 229)

HSL

hsl(197.4, 76.5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.4, 73.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(68.94, -17.11, -34.02)

LCH

lch(68.94, 38.08, 243.3)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.1252, 229.76)

HWB

hwb(197.4, 23.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e56d3c

Analogous

#3ce5c2

#3cb4e5

#3c60e5

Triadic

#3cb4e5

#e53cb4

#b4e53c

Split-complementary

#3cb4e5

#e53c60

#e5c23c

Tetradic

#3cb4e5

#6d3ce5

#e56d3c

#b4e53c

Square

#3cb4e5

#c23ce5

#e56d3c

#60e53c

Shades

Color #3cb4e5 mixed toward black.

#1c9fd5

#177faa

#116080

#0b4055

#06202b

Tints

Color #3cb4e5 mixed toward white.

#5dc1e9

#7dcdee

#9edaf2

#bee6f6

#dff3fb

Tones

Color #3cb4e5 mixed toward gray.

#4aaed7

#58a8c9

#66a2bb

#749cad

#83969f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283da · ΔE 24.3

Deuteranopia

#7b72d8 · ΔE 28

Tritanopia

#49d2d0 · ΔE 18.4

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3cb4e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3cb4e5]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#3cb4e5 (#3cb4e5) is rgb(60, 180, 229) in RGB.

No, #3cb4e5 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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