#3b53ab

Color #3b53ab

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.25 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3b53ab

RGB

rgb(59, 83, 171)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 48.7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 65.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.5%, 51.5%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(37.94, 20.02, -50.02)

LCH

lch(37.94, 53.88, 291.81)

OKLCH

oklch(47.2%, 0.1434, 268.88)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 23.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab933b

Analogous

#3b8bab

#3b53ab

#5b3bab

Triadic

#3b53ab

#ab3b53

#53ab3b

Split-complementary

#3b53ab

#ab5b3b

#8bab3b

Tetradic

#3b53ab

#933bab

#ab933b

#53ab3b

Square

#3b53ab

#ab3b8b

#ab933b

#3bab5b

Shades

Color #3b53ab mixed toward black.

#31458f

#273772

#1d2a56

#141c39

#0a0e1d

Tints

Color #3b53ab mixed toward white.

#526ac3

#7488cf

#97a6db

#bac3e7

#dce1f3

Tones

Color #3b53ab mixed toward gray.

#4458a2

#4e5e98

#57638f

#606886

#6a6e7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#47479b · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#454397 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#3c8d8a · ΔE 33.4

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b53ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b53ab]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#3b53ab (#3b53ab) is rgb(59, 83, 171) in RGB.

No, #3b53ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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