#3868bc

Color #3868bc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.41 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#3868bc

RGB

rgb(56, 104, 188)

HSL

hsl(218.2, 54.1%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.2, 70.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.2%, 44.7%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(44.76, 12.18, -49.04)

LCH

lch(44.76, 50.53, 283.95)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.1422, 260.73)

HWB

hwb(218.2, 22%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc8c38

Analogous

#38aabc

#3868bc

#4a38bc

Triadic

#3868bc

#bc3868

#68bc38

Split-complementary

#3868bc

#bc4a38

#aabc38

Tetradic

#3868bc

#8c38bc

#bc8c38

#68bc38

Square

#3868bc

#bc38aa

#bc8c38

#38bc4a

Shades

Color #3868bc mixed toward black.

#2f579d

#25457d

#1c345e

#13233f

#09111f

Tints

Color #3868bc mixed toward white.

#5480cc

#7699d6

#98b3e0

#bbcceb

#dde6f5

Tones

Color #3868bc mixed toward gray.

#436bb1

#4e6ea6

#59719b

#647490

#6f7785

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5151ac · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#4e4aa8 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#3c9f9b · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 23.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3868bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3868bc]

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

#3868bc (#3868bc) is rgb(56, 104, 188) in RGB.

No, #3868bc 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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