#3165ab

Color #3165ab

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.94 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#3165ab

RGB

rgb(49, 101, 171)

HSL

hsl(214.4, 55.5%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.4, 71.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(42.61, 6.74, -42.56)

LCH

lch(42.61, 43.09, 279)

OKLCH

oklch(50.7%, 0.1248, 256.65)

HWB

hwb(214.4, 19.2%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab7731

Analogous

#31a2ab

#3165ab

#3a31ab

Triadic

#3165ab

#ab3165

#65ab31

Split-complementary

#3165ab

#ab3a31

#a2ab31

Tetradic

#3165ab

#7731ab

#ab7731

#65ab31

Square

#3165ab

#ab31a2

#ab7731

#31ab3a

Shades

Color #3165ab mixed toward black.

#29548e

#214372

#183255

#102239

#08111c

Tints

Color #3165ab mixed toward white.

#437cc9

#6996d4

#8eb1df

#b4cbe9

#d9e5f4

Tones

Color #3165ab mixed toward gray.

#3b66a1

#456897

#4f698c

#5a6b82

#646c78

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.58:1

White text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d9e · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#4a469a · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#35928f · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 22

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3165ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3165ab]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#3165ab (#3165ab) is rgb(49, 101, 171) in RGB.

No, #3165ab 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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