#3a81a4

Color #3a81a4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.97 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#3a81a4

RGB

rgb(58, 129, 164)

HSL

hsl(199.8, 47.7%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.8, 64.6%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(51.01, -11.09, -25.25)

LCH

lch(51.01, 27.58, 246.29)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.0888, 232.73)

HWB

hwb(199.8, 22.7%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a45d3a

Analogous

#3aa492

#3a81a4

#3a4ca4

Triadic

#3a81a4

#a43a81

#81a43a

Split-complementary

#3a81a4

#a43a4c

#a4923a

Tetradic

#3a81a4

#5d3aa4

#a45d3a

#81a43a

Square

#3a81a4

#923aa4

#a45d3a

#4ca43a

Shades

Color #3a81a4 mixed toward black.

#306b89

#27566d

#1d4052

#132b37

#0a151b

Tints

Color #3a81a4 mixed toward white.

#4e9ac0

#71afcd

#95c3d9

#b8d7e6

#dcebf2

Tones

Color #3a81a4 mixed toward gray.

#437e9b

#4c7b92

#547889

#5d7581

#667278

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61619c · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#5d579b · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#409695 · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3a81a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3a81a4]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#3a81a4 (#3a81a4) is rgb(58, 129, 164) in RGB.

No, #3a81a4 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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