#357ae3

Color #357ae3

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 9.59 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#357ae3

RGB

rgb(53, 122, 227)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 75.7%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 76.7%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.7%, 46.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(52.08, 14.86, -59.55)

LCH

lch(52.08, 61.38, 284.01)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.1742, 258.84)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 20.8%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e39e35

Analogous

#35d1e3

#357ae3

#4735e3

Triadic

#357ae3

#e3357a

#7ae335

Split-complementary

#357ae3

#e34735

#d1e335

Tetradic

#357ae3

#9e35e3

#e39e35

#7ae335

Square

#357ae3

#e335d1

#e39e35

#35e347

Shades

Color #357ae3 mixed toward black.

#1c62cd

#174fa4

#113b7b

#0b2752

#061429

Tints

Color #357ae3 mixed toward white.

#5790e8

#78a6ec

#9abdf1

#bcd3f6

#dde9fa

Tones

Color #357ae3 mixed toward gray.

#437dd5

#5280c6

#6083b8

#6f86a9

#7d899b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5cd0 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#5751cb · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#3bbfbb · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #357ae3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#357ae3]

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

#357ae3 (#357ae3) is rgb(53, 122, 227) in RGB.

No, #357ae3 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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