#3b48b8

Color #3b48b8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 10.66 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#3b48b8

RGB

rgb(59, 72, 184)

HSL

hsl(233.8, 51.4%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.8, 67.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.9%, 60.9%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(36.03, 31.82, -60.8)

LCH

lch(36.03, 68.62, 297.63)

OKLCH

oklch(46.1%, 0.1755, 272.42)

HWB

hwb(233.8, 23.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8ab3b

Analogous

#3b86b8

#3b48b8

#6c3bb8

Triadic

#3b48b8

#b83b48

#48b83b

Split-complementary

#3b48b8

#b86c3b

#86b83b

Tetradic

#3b48b8

#ab3bb8

#b8ab3b

#48b83b

Square

#3b48b8

#b83b86

#b8ab3b

#3bb86c

Shades

Color #3b48b8 mixed toward black.

#313c99

#27307b

#1d245c

#14183d

#0a0c1f

Tints

Color #3b48b8 mixed toward white.

#5662c9

#7882d4

#9aa1df

#bcc0e9

#dde0f4

Tones

Color #3b48b8 mixed toward gray.

#4550ad

#5058a3

#5a6199

#65698e

#6f7184

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.81:1

White text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4141a6 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#403fa1 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#3c9591 · ΔE 38.5

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b48b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b48b8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#3b48b8 (#3b48b8) is rgb(59, 72, 184) in RGB.

No, #3b48b8 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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