#3746ba

Color #3746ba

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.47 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3746ba

RGB

rgb(55, 70, 186)

HSL

hsl(233.1, 54.4%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.1, 70.4%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(35.47, 33.26, -62.9)

LCH

lch(35.47, 71.15, 297.87)

OKLCH

oklch(45.7%, 0.1817, 271.45)

HWB

hwb(233.1, 21.6%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#baab37

Analogous

#3788ba

#3746ba

#6a37ba

Triadic

#3746ba

#ba3746

#46ba37

Split-complementary

#3746ba

#ba6a37

#88ba37

Tetradic

#3746ba

#ab37ba

#baab37

#46ba37

Square

#3746ba

#ba3788

#baab37

#37ba6a

Shades

Color #3746ba mixed toward black.

#2e3a9b

#252f7c

#1c235d

#12173e

#090c1f

Tints

Color #3746ba mixed toward white.

#5260cc

#7580d6

#97a0e0

#babfeb

#dcdff5

Tones

Color #3746ba mixed toward gray.

#424faf

#4d57a4

#585f99

#63688e

#6e7084

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.75:1

White text reads better on this background (7.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3ea7 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#3d3ca2 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#389692 · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 27.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3746ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3746ba]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#3746ba (#3746ba) is rgb(55, 70, 186) in RGB.

No, #3746ba 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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