#278ca3

Color #278ca3

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.86 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#278ca3

RGB

rgb(39, 140, 163)

HSL

hsl(191.1, 61.4%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.1, 76.1%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(53.85, -20.33, -20.35)

LCH

lch(53.85, 28.77, 225.03)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0949, 216.77)

HWB

hwb(191.1, 15.3%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a33e27

Analogous

#27a37c

#278ca3

#274ea3

Triadic

#278ca3

#a3278c

#8ca327

Split-complementary

#278ca3

#a3274e

#a37c27

Tetradic

#278ca3

#3e27a3

#a33e27

#8ca327

Square

#278ca3

#7c27a3

#a33e27

#4ea327

Shades

Color #278ca3 mixed toward black.

#207588

#1a5d6d

#134651

#0d2f36

#06171b

Tints

Color #278ca3 mixed toward white.

#31b0cc

#59c0d7

#83d0e1

#ace0eb

#d6eff5

Tones

Color #278ca3 mixed toward gray.

#318699

#3c7f8e

#467984

#50727a

#5b6b6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63649e · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#5e569d · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#329a99 · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #278ca3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#278ca3]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#278ca3 (#278ca3) is rgb(39, 140, 163) in RGB.

No, #278ca3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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