#3b79d9

Color #3b79d9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 11.86 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3b79d9

RGB

rgb(59, 121, 217)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 67.5%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 72.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.8%, 44.2%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(51.4, 12.54, -55.01)

LCH

lch(51.4, 56.42, 282.84)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.1605, 258.97)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 23.1%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d99b3b

Analogous

#3bc8d9

#3b79d9

#4c3bd9

Triadic

#3b79d9

#d93b79

#79d93b

Split-complementary

#3b79d9

#d94c3b

#c8d93b

Tetradic

#3b79d9

#9b3bd9

#d99b3b

#79d93b

Square

#3b79d9

#d93bc8

#d99b3b

#3bd94c

Shades

Color #3b79d9 mixed toward black.

#2562c1

#1e4f9a

#163b74

#0f274d

#071427

Tints

Color #3b79d9 mixed toward white.

#5c8fdf

#7ca6e6

#9dbcec

#bed2f2

#dee9f9

Tones

Color #3b79d9 mixed toward gray.

#487ccc

#557fbf

#6281b1

#7084a4

#7d8797

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5dc7 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#5954c3 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#40b7b4 · ΔE 33.4

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b79d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b79d9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#3b79d9 (#3b79d9) is rgb(59, 121, 217) in RGB.

No, #3b79d9 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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