#3b9aa4

Color #3b9aa4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.04 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#3b9aa4

RGB

rgb(59, 154, 164)

HSL

hsl(185.7, 47.1%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.7, 64%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(64%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(58.71, -24.36, -13.48)

LCH

lch(58.71, 27.84, 208.96)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0887, 204.95)

HWB

hwb(185.7, 23.1%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4453b

Analogous

#3ba479

#3b9aa4

#3b65a4

Triadic

#3b9aa4

#a43b9a

#9aa43b

Split-complementary

#3b9aa4

#a43b65

#a4793b

Tetradic

#3b9aa4

#453ba4

#a4453b

#9aa43b

Square

#3b9aa4

#793ba4

#a4453b

#65a43b

Shades

Color #3b9aa4 mixed toward black.

#318089

#27676d

#1d4d52

#143337

#0a1a1b

Tints

Color #3b9aa4 mixed toward white.

#4fb5c0

#72c4cc

#95d3d9

#b9e1e6

#dcf0f2

Tones

Color #3b9aa4 mixed toward gray.

#44939b

#4c8c92

#55858a

#5e7e81

#677778

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7172a2 · ΔE 27

Deuteranopia

#6c64a1 · ΔE 30.5

Tritanopia

#44a09f · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b9aa4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b9aa4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3b9aa4 (#3b9aa4) is rgb(59, 154, 164) in RGB.

No, #3b9aa4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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