#3c8ea8

Color #3c8ea8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 15.21 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#3c8ea8

RGB

rgb(60, 142, 168)

HSL

hsl(194.4, 47.4%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.4, 64.3%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(55.21, -16.64, -21.09)

LCH

lch(55.21, 26.86, 231.73)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0878, 222.05)

HWB

hwb(194.4, 23.5%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8563c

Analogous

#3ca88c

#3c8ea8

#3c58a8

Triadic

#3c8ea8

#a83c8e

#8ea83c

Split-complementary

#3c8ea8

#a83c58

#a88c3c

Tetradic

#3c8ea8

#563ca8

#a8563c

#8ea83c

Square

#3c8ea8

#8c3ca8

#a8563c

#58a83c

Shades

Color #3c8ea8 mixed toward black.

#32768c

#285f70

#1e4754

#142f38

#0a181c

Tints

Color #3c8ea8 mixed toward white.

#52a6c1

#74b8ce

#97cada

#badce6

#dcedf3

Tones

Color #3c8ea8 mixed toward gray.

#45899f

#4e8596

#57808d

#607b84

#69777b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6aa2 · ΔE 22.8

Deuteranopia

#655ea1 · ΔE 25.2

Tritanopia

#439d9c · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c8ea8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c8ea8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#3c8ea8 (#3c8ea8) is rgb(60, 142, 168) in RGB.

No, #3c8ea8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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