#3738c1

Color #3738c1

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 19.33 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3738c1

RGB

rgb(55, 56, 193)

HSL

hsl(239.6, 55.6%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.6, 71.5%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.5%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(32.9, 44.27, -71.24)

LCH

lch(32.9, 83.87, 301.86)

OKLCH

oklch(44%, 0.2064, 273.61)

HWB

hwb(239.6, 21.6%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1c037

Analogous

#377dc1

#3738c1

#7b37c1

Triadic

#3738c1

#c13738

#38c137

Split-complementary

#3738c1

#c17b37

#7dc137

Tetradic

#3738c1

#c037c1

#c1c037

#38c137

Square

#3738c1

#c1377d

#c1c037

#37c17b

Shades

Color #3738c1 mixed toward black.

#2e2fa1

#252581

#1c1c60

#121340

#090920

Tints

Color #3738c1 mixed toward white.

#5556cf

#7778d8

#999ae2

#bbbbec

#ddddf5

Tones

Color #3738c1 mixed toward gray.

#4343b5

#4e4faa

#595a9e

#656593

#707187

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.5:1

White text reads better on this background (8.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3737ac · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#3737a7 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#379995 · ΔE 42.6

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 29.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3738c1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3738c1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#3738c1 (#3738c1) is rgb(55, 56, 193) in RGB.

No, #3738c1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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