#3cd9ef

Color #3cd9ef

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 12.53 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#3cd9ef

RGB

rgb(60, 217, 239)

HSL

hsl(187.4, 84.8%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.4, 74.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(80.07, -32.52, -22.32)

LCH

lch(80.07, 39.44, 214.46)

OKLCH

oklch(81.6%, 0.128, 209.03)

HWB

hwb(187.4, 23.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef523c

Analogous

#3cefac

#3cd9ef

#3c7fef

Triadic

#3cd9ef

#ef3cd9

#d9ef3c

Split-complementary

#3cd9ef

#ef3c7f

#efac3c

Tetradic

#3cd9ef

#523cef

#ef523c

#d9ef3c

Square

#3cd9ef

#ac3cef

#ef523c

#7fef3c

Shades

Color #3cd9ef mixed toward black.

#13cce6

#0fa3b8

#0b7a8a

#08525c

#04292e

Tints

Color #3cd9ef mixed toward white.

#5cdff2

#7de6f4

#9decf7

#bef2fa

#def9fc

Tones

Color #3cd9ef mixed toward gray.

#4bcee0

#5ac2d1

#69b7c2

#78acb3

#87a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cea · ΔE 30.9

Deuteranopia

#9286e9 · ΔE 35.3

Tritanopia

#4fe6e5 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3cd9ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3cd9ef]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#3cd9ef (#3cd9ef) is rgb(60, 217, 239) in RGB.

No, #3cd9ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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