#318ca7

Color #318ca7

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 16.29 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#318ca7

RGB

rgb(49, 140, 167)

HSL

hsl(193.7, 54.6%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.7, 70.7%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(54.24, -17.66, -22.03)

LCH

lch(54.24, 28.23, 231.28)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.093, 221.42)

HWB

hwb(193.7, 19.2%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a74c31

Analogous

#31a787

#318ca7

#3151a7

Triadic

#318ca7

#a7318c

#8ca731

Split-complementary

#318ca7

#a73151

#a78731

Tetradic

#318ca7

#4c31a7

#a74c31

#8ca731

Square

#318ca7

#8731a7

#a74c31

#51a731

Shades

Color #318ca7 mixed toward black.

#29758b

#215d6f

#194654

#102f38

#08171c

Tints

Color #318ca7 mixed toward white.

#42a9c7

#68bad3

#8dcbde

#b3dde9

#d9eef4

Tones

Color #318ca7 mixed toward gray.

#3b879d

#458293

#4f7c8a

#587780

#627176

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6566a1 · ΔE 23.4

Deuteranopia

#6059a0 · ΔE 26.1

Tritanopia

#3a9c9b · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 19.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #318ca7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#318ca7]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#318ca7 (#318ca7) is rgb(49, 140, 167) in RGB.

No, #318ca7 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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