#3874e6

Color #3874e6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 7.11 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#3874e6

RGB

rgb(56, 116, 230)

HSL

hsl(219.3, 77.7%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.3, 75.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.7%, 49.6%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(50.74, 20.05, -63.4)

LCH

lch(50.74, 66.49, 287.55)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.1842, 261.67)

HWB

hwb(219.3, 22%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6aa38

Analogous

#38cbe6

#3874e6

#5338e6

Triadic

#3874e6

#e63874

#74e638

Split-complementary

#3874e6

#e65338

#cbe638

Tetradic

#3874e6

#aa38e6

#e6aa38

#74e638

Square

#3874e6

#e638cb

#e6aa38

#38e653

Shades

Color #3874e6 mixed toward black.

#1b5ad4

#1548a9

#10367f

#0b2455

#05122a

Tints

Color #3874e6 mixed toward white.

#598bea

#7aa2ee

#9cbaf3

#bdd1f7

#dee8fb

Tones

Color #3874e6 mixed toward gray.

#4779d8

#557dc9

#6482bb

#7286ac

#818b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5859d2 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#5550cc · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#3dc0bb · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 26.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3874e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3874e6]

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

#3874e6 (#3874e6) is rgb(56, 116, 230) in RGB.

No, #3874e6 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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