#318ece

Color #318ece

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.47 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#318ece

RGB

rgb(49, 142, 206)

HSL

hsl(204.5, 61.6%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.5, 76.2%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.2%, 31.1%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(56.54, -5.32, -40.65)

LCH

lch(56.54, 41, 262.54)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.129, 243.28)

HWB

hwb(204.5, 19.2%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce7131

Analogous

#31cec0

#318ece

#313fce

Triadic

#318ece

#ce318e

#8ece31

Split-complementary

#318ece

#ce313f

#cec031

Tetradic

#318ece

#7131ce

#ce7131

#8ece31

Square

#318ece

#c031ce

#ce7131

#3fce31

Shades

Color #318ece mixed toward black.

#2976ac

#215f89

#184767

#102f45

#081822

Tints

Color #318ece mixed toward white.

#53a1d6

#76b4de

#98c6e7

#bad9ef

#ddecf7

Tones

Color #318ece mixed toward gray.

#3e8bc1

#4b89b4

#5887a7

#65849a

#72828d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6767c1 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#615abe · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#3ab6b3 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #318ece;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#318ece]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#318ece (#318ece) is rgb(49, 142, 206) in RGB.

No, #318ece 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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