#3cbae3

Color #3cbae3

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 12.77 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#3cbae3

RGB

rgb(60, 186, 227)

HSL

hsl(194.7, 74.9%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.7, 73.6%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(70.61, -20.89, -30.34)

LCH

lch(70.61, 36.84, 235.45)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1218, 224.24)

HWB

hwb(194.7, 23.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3653c

Analogous

#3ce3b8

#3cbae3

#3c67e3

Triadic

#3cbae3

#e33cba

#bae33c

Split-complementary

#3cbae3

#e33c67

#e3b83c

Tetradic

#3cbae3

#653ce3

#e3653c

#bae33c

Square

#3cbae3

#b83ce3

#e3653c

#67e33c

Shades

Color #3cbae3 mixed toward black.

#1ea5d1

#1884a7

#12637e

#0c4254

#06212a

Tints

Color #3cbae3 mixed toward white.

#5dc6e8

#7dd1ec

#9eddf1

#bee8f6

#dff4fa

Tones

Color #3cbae3 mixed toward gray.

#4ab3d5

#58acc7

#66a5b9

#749eab

#82979d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8687da · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#7f75d8 · ΔE 29.6

Tritanopia

#49d3d1 · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3cbae3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3cbae3]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#3cbae3 (#3cbae3) is rgb(60, 186, 227) in RGB.

No, #3cbae3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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