#3705ff

Color #3705ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue #0000ff · ΔE 3.88 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#3705ff

RGB

rgb(55, 5, 255)

HSL

hsl(252, 100%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252, 98%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(78.4%, 98%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(34.27, 79.09, -104.52)

LCH

lch(34.27, 131.07, 307.11)

OKLCH

oklch(47%, 0.3018, 271.56)

HWB

hwb(252, 2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdff05

Analogous

#0550ff

#3705ff

#b405ff

Triadic

#3705ff

#ff3705

#05ff37

Split-complementary

#3705ff

#ffb405

#50ff05

Tetradic

#3705ff

#ff05cd

#cdff05

#05ff37

Square

#3705ff

#ff0550

#cdff05

#05ffb4

Shades

Color #3705ff mixed toward black.

#2b00d9

#2300ad

#1a0082

#110057

#09002b

Tints

Color #3705ff mixed toward white.

#582fff

#7a58ff

#9b82ff

#bcacff

#ded5ff

Tones

Color #3705ff mixed toward gray.

#441aea

#502fd5

#5d44c1

#6958ac

#766d97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.63:1

White text reads better on this background (7.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2929e2 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#2b2eda · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#36c6c0 · ΔE 55.5

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 33.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3705ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3705ff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#3705ff (#3705ff) is rgb(55, 5, 255) in RGB.

No, #3705ff 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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