#3faab5

Color #3faab5

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.53 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#3faab5

RGB

rgb(63, 170, 181)

HSL

hsl(185.6, 48.4%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.6, 65.2%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(64.27, -26.67, -14.65)

LCH

lch(64.27, 30.43, 208.78)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0969, 204.77)

HWB

hwb(185.6, 24.7%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b54a3f

Analogous

#3fb585

#3faab5

#3f6fb5

Triadic

#3faab5

#b53faa

#aab53f

Split-complementary

#3faab5

#b53f6f

#b5853f

Tetradic

#3faab5

#4a3fb5

#b54a3f

#aab53f

Square

#3faab5

#853fb5

#b54a3f

#6fb53f

Shades

Color #3faab5 mixed toward black.

#348e97

#2a7179

#1f555a

#15393c

#0a1c1e

Tints

Color #3faab5 mixed toward white.

#5abcc6

#7bc9d1

#9cd7dd

#bde4e8

#def2f4

Tones

Color #3faab5 mixed toward gray.

#49a2ab

#539aa1

#5c9297

#668a8e

#708284

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7db2 · ΔE 27.9

Deuteranopia

#766eb2 · ΔE 31.5

Tritanopia

#49b0b0 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3faab5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3faab5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3faab5 (#3faab5) is rgb(63, 170, 181) in RGB.

No, #3faab5 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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