#3cedee

Color #3cedee

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Aqua #00ffff · ΔE 8.09 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3cedee

RGB

rgb(60, 237, 238)

HSL

hsl(180.3, 84%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180.3, 74.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.8%, 0.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(85.85, -42.04, -13.08)

LCH

lch(85.85, 44.03, 197.28)

OKLCH

oklch(86.2%, 0.136, 195.53)

HWB

hwb(180.3, 23.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee3d3c

Analogous

#3cee96

#3cedee

#3c94ee

Triadic

#3cedee

#ee3ced

#edee3c

Split-complementary

#3cedee

#ee3c94

#ee963c

Tetradic

#3cedee

#3d3cee

#ee3d3c

#edee3c

Square

#3cedee

#963cee

#ee3d3c

#94ee3c

Shades

Color #3cedee mixed toward black.

#14e3e4

#10b6b7

#0c8889

#085b5b

#042d2e

Tints

Color #3cedee mixed toward white.

#5cf0f1

#7df3f4

#9df6f7

#bef9f9

#defcfc

Tones

Color #3cedee mixed toward gray.

#4bdedf

#5ad0d0

#68c1c1

#77b2b3

#86a4a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8aaee · ΔE 33.9

Deuteranopia

#9f92ee · ΔE 39.4

Tritanopia

#52eeee · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#d7d7d7 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3cedee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3cedee]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#3cedee (#3cedee) is rgb(60, 237, 238) in RGB.

No, #3cedee 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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