#3b394b

Color #3b394b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.68 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3b394b

RGB

rgb(59, 57, 75)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 13.6%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 24%, 29.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 24%, 0%, 70.6%)

LAB

lab(24.84, 5.33, -10.68)

LCH

lch(24.84, 11.94, 296.52)

OKLCH

oklch(35.4%, 0.031, 289.78)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 22.4%, 70.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#494b39

Analogous

#39404b

#3b394b

#44394b

Triadic

#3b394b

#4b3b39

#394b3b

Split-complementary

#3b394b

#4b4439

#404b39

Tetradic

#3b394b

#4b3949

#494b39

#394b3b

Square

#3b394b

#4b3940

#494b39

#394b44

Shades

Color #3b394b mixed toward black.

#31303f

#272632

#1e1d26

#141319

#0a0a0d

Tints

Color #3b394b mixed toward white.

#57546f

#747092

#9794ad

#b9b7c9

#dcdbe4

Tones

Color #3b394b mixed toward gray.

#3c3b4a

#3d3c48

#3f3e47

#403f45

#414144

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.87:1

White text reads better on this background (11.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3a3a47 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#3a3a46 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#3b4443 · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b394b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b394b]

Related colors

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#3b394b (#3b394b) is rgb(59, 57, 75) in RGB.

No, #3b394b 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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