#3259ac

Color #3259ac

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.31 Nearest Tailwind class sky-800 #00598a · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#3259ac

RGB

rgb(50, 89, 172)

HSL

hsl(220.8, 55%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.8, 70.9%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.9%, 48.3%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(39.24, 15.01, -48.54)

LCH

lch(39.24, 50.81, 287.18)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.1402, 263.2)

HWB

hwb(220.8, 19.6%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac8532

Analogous

#3296ac

#3259ac

#4832ac

Triadic

#3259ac

#ac3259

#59ac32

Split-complementary

#3259ac

#ac4832

#96ac32

Tetradic

#3259ac

#8532ac

#ac8532

#59ac32

Square

#3259ac

#ac3296

#ac8532

#32ac48

Shades

Color #3259ac mixed toward black.

#2a4a8f

#213b73

#192c56

#111e39

#080f1d

Tints

Color #3259ac mixed toward white.

#456fc9

#6a8cd4

#8fa9df

#b5c5e9

#dae2f4

Tones

Color #3259ac mixed toward gray.

#3c5da2

#466098

#50648d

#5b6883

#656b79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.16:1

White text reads better on this background (6.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#46469d · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#444199 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#35908c · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3259ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3259ac]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#3259ac (#3259ac) is rgb(50, 89, 172) in RGB.

No, #3259ac 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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