#3e8caa

Color #3e8caa

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.14 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3e8caa

RGB

rgb(62, 140, 170)

HSL

hsl(196.7, 46.6%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.7, 63.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(54.74, -14.54, -22.95)

LCH

lch(54.74, 27.17, 237.64)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0884, 226.37)

HWB

hwb(196.7, 24.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa5c3e

Analogous

#3eaa92

#3e8caa

#3e56aa

Triadic

#3e8caa

#aa3e8c

#8caa3e

Split-complementary

#3e8caa

#aa3e56

#aa923e

Tetradic

#3e8caa

#5c3eaa

#aa5c3e

#8caa3e

Square

#3e8caa

#923eaa

#aa5c3e

#56aa3e

Shades

Color #3e8caa mixed toward black.

#34758e

#295d71

#1f4655

#152f39

#0a171c

Tints

Color #3e8caa mixed toward white.

#55a3c1

#77b5ce

#99c8da

#bbdae6

#ddedf3

Tones

Color #3e8caa mixed toward gray.

#4788a1

#508498

#59808f

#627c86

#6b787d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696aa3 · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#645ea2 · ΔE 23.6

Tritanopia

#459e9d · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3e8caa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e8caa]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#3e8caa (#3e8caa) is rgb(62, 140, 170) in RGB.

No, #3e8caa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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