#3179f8

Color #3179f8

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 7.65 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#3179f8

RGB

rgb(49, 121, 248)

HSL

hsl(218.3, 93.4%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.3, 80.2%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.2%, 51.2%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(53.06, 22.86, -69.69)

LCH

lch(53.06, 73.34, 288.16)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.2035, 260.84)

HWB

hwb(218.3, 19.2%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8b031

Analogous

#31dcf8

#3179f8

#4c31f8

Triadic

#3179f8

#f83179

#79f831

Split-complementary

#3179f8

#f84c31

#dcf831

Tetradic

#3179f8

#b031f8

#f8b031

#79f831

Square

#3179f8

#f831dc

#f8b031

#31f84c

Shades

Color #3179f8 mixed toward black.

#085cef

#0749bf

#053790

#032560

#021230

Tints

Color #3179f8 mixed toward white.

#538ff9

#76a6fa

#98bcfb

#bad2fd

#dde9fe

Tones

Color #3179f8 mixed toward gray.

#417de7

#5282d7

#6387c6

#738bb6

#8490a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595ae2 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#554fdc · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#37cec9 · ΔE 39.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 27.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3179f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3179f8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#3179f8 (#3179f8) is rgb(49, 121, 248) in RGB.

No, #3179f8 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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