#3cc6ed

Color #3cc6ed

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.25 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3cc6ed

RGB

rgb(60, 198, 237)

HSL

hsl(193.2, 83.1%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.2, 74.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(74.48, -23.82, -29.79)

LCH

lch(74.48, 38.14, 231.35)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.1263, 221.31)

HWB

hwb(193.2, 23.5%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ed633c

Analogous

#3cedbb

#3cc6ed

#3c6ded

Triadic

#3cc6ed

#ed3cc6

#c6ed3c

Split-complementary

#3cc6ed

#ed3c6d

#edbb3c

Tetradic

#3cc6ed

#633ced

#ed633c

#c6ed3c

Square

#3cc6ed

#bb3ced

#ed633c

#6ded3c

Shades

Color #3cc6ed mixed toward black.

#15b5e2

#1191b5

#0d6d88

#08485b

#04242d

Tints

Color #3cc6ed mixed toward white.

#5cd0f0

#7dd9f3

#9de3f6

#beecf9

#def6fc

Tones

Color #3cc6ed mixed toward gray.

#4bbede

#59b5cf

#68adc1

#77a5b2

#869da3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8fe4 · ΔE 27.3

Deuteranopia

#867ce2 · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#4bdddc · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3cc6ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3cc6ed]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#3cc6ed (#3cc6ed) is rgb(60, 198, 237) in RGB.

No, #3cc6ed 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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