#3864ab

Color #3864ab

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.06 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#3864ab

RGB

rgb(56, 100, 171)

HSL

hsl(217, 50.7%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 67.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.3%, 41.5%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(42.6, 8.51, -42.55)

LCH

lch(42.6, 43.39, 281.31)

OKLCH

oklch(50.8%, 0.1234, 259.54)

HWB

hwb(217, 22%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab7f38

Analogous

#389eab

#3864ab

#4538ab

Triadic

#3864ab

#ab3864

#64ab38

Split-complementary

#3864ab

#ab4538

#9eab38

Tetradic

#3864ab

#7f38ab

#ab7f38

#64ab38

Square

#3864ab

#ab389e

#ab7f38

#38ab45

Shades

Color #3864ab mixed toward black.

#2f538f

#254372

#1c3256

#132139

#09111d

Tints

Color #3864ab mixed toward white.

#4d7bc5

#7195d0

#94b0dc

#b8cae8

#dbe5f3

Tones

Color #3864ab mixed toward gray.

#4266a1

#4b6998

#556b8e

#5e6d85

#686f7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.58:1

White text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f9d · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#4c499a · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#3b928f · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3864ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3864ab]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#3864ab (#3864ab) is rgb(56, 100, 171) in RGB.

No, #3864ab 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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