#3cb8ee

Color #3cb8ee

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 6.5 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3cb8ee

RGB

rgb(60, 184, 238)

HSL

hsl(198.2, 84%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.2, 74.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(70.46, -16.26, -36.55)

LCH

lch(70.46, 40, 246.02)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1312, 231.59)

HWB

hwb(198.2, 23.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee723c

Analogous

#3ceecb

#3cb8ee

#3c5fee

Triadic

#3cb8ee

#ee3cb8

#b8ee3c

Split-complementary

#3cb8ee

#ee3c5f

#eecb3c

Tetradic

#3cb8ee

#723cee

#ee723c

#b8ee3c

Square

#3cb8ee

#cb3cee

#ee723c

#5fee3c

Shades

Color #3cb8ee mixed toward black.

#14a5e4

#1084b7

#0c6389

#08425b

#04212e

Tints

Color #3cb8ee mixed toward white.

#5cc4f1

#7dd0f4

#9ddbf7

#bee7f9

#def3fc

Tones

Color #3cb8ee mixed toward gray.

#4bb2df

#5aacd0

#68a6c1

#77a1b3

#869ba4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586e2 · ΔE 24.3

Deuteranopia

#7e74e0 · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#49d9d7 · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3cb8ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3cb8ee]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#3cb8ee (#3cb8ee) is rgb(60, 184, 238) in RGB.

No, #3cb8ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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