#3850a7

Color #3850a7

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.33 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#3850a7

RGB

rgb(56, 80, 167)

HSL

hsl(227, 49.8%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227, 66.5%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.5%, 52.1%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(36.68, 20.02, -49.68)

LCH

lch(36.68, 53.56, 291.95)

OKLCH

oklch(46.2%, 0.1426, 268.67)

HWB

hwb(227, 22%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a78f38

Analogous

#3887a7

#3850a7

#5738a7

Triadic

#3850a7

#a73850

#50a738

Split-complementary

#3850a7

#a75738

#87a738

Tetradic

#3850a7

#8f38a7

#a78f38

#50a738

Square

#3850a7

#a73887

#a78f38

#38a757

Shades

Color #3850a7 mixed toward black.

#2f438b

#25356f

#1c2853

#131b38

#090d1c

Tints

Color #3850a7 mixed toward white.

#4c66c3

#7084cf

#93a3db

#b7c2e7

#dbe0f3

Tones

Color #3850a7 mixed toward gray.

#41559e

#4a5a94

#54608b

#5d6582

#666a79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.87:1

White text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#444498 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#424094 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#398a87 · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3850a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3850a7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#3850a7 (#3850a7) is rgb(56, 80, 167) in RGB.

No, #3850a7 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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