#306faa

Color #306faa

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.61 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#306faa

RGB

rgb(48, 111, 170)

HSL

hsl(209, 56%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209, 71.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.8%, 34.7%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(45.49, -0.02, -37.4)

LCH

lch(45.49, 37.4, 269.97)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.1133, 249.55)

HWB

hwb(209, 18.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa6b30

Analogous

#30aaa8

#306faa

#3032aa

Triadic

#306faa

#aa306f

#6faa30

Split-complementary

#306faa

#aa3032

#aaa830

Tetradic

#306faa

#6b30aa

#aa6b30

#6faa30

Square

#306faa

#a830aa

#aa6b30

#32aa30

Shades

Color #306faa mixed toward black.

#285c8e

#204a71

#183755

#102539

#08121c

Tints

Color #306faa mixed toward white.

#4188c9

#679fd4

#8db7df

#b3cfea

#d9e7f4

Tones

Color #306faa mixed toward gray.

#3a6fa0

#446e96

#4e6e8b

#596e81

#636d77

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#53539e · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#4f4a9b · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#359492 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 20.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #306faa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#306faa]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#306faa (#306faa) is rgb(48, 111, 170) in RGB.

No, #306faa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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