#385ea0

Color #385ea0

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.05 Nearest Tailwind class sky-800 #00598a · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#385ea0

RGB

rgb(56, 94, 160)

HSL

hsl(218.1, 48.1%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.1, 65%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(65%, 41.3%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(40.22, 8.35, -39.84)

LCH

lch(40.22, 40.71, 281.84)

OKLCH

oklch(48.7%, 0.1149, 260.69)

HWB

hwb(218.1, 22%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a07a38

Analogous

#3892a0

#385ea0

#4638a0

Triadic

#385ea0

#a0385e

#5ea038

Split-complementary

#385ea0

#a04638

#92a038

Tetradic

#385ea0

#7a38a0

#a07a38

#5ea038

Square

#385ea0

#a03892

#a07a38

#38a046

Shades

Color #385ea0 mixed toward black.

#2f4e85

#253f6b

#1c2f50

#131f35

#09101b

Tints

Color #385ea0 mixed toward white.

#4a75bf

#6e90cc

#92acd9

#b6c8e6

#dbe3f2

Tones

Color #385ea0 mixed toward gray.

#416097

#49638f

#526586

#5b677d

#636a75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.28:1

White text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4c93 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#494690 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#3b8886 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 21.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #385ea0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#385ea0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#385ea0 (#385ea0) is rgb(56, 94, 160) in RGB.

No, #385ea0 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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