#3b79dd

Color #3b79dd

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 10.89 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#3b79dd

RGB

rgb(59, 121, 221)

HSL

hsl(217, 70.4%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 73.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.3%, 45.2%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(51.64, 14, -56.88)

LCH

lch(51.64, 58.58, 283.83)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.1657, 259.57)

HWB

hwb(217, 23.1%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd9f3b

Analogous

#3bcadd

#3b79dd

#4e3bdd

Triadic

#3b79dd

#dd3b79

#79dd3b

Split-complementary

#3b79dd

#dd4e3b

#cadd3b

Tetradic

#3b79dd

#9f3bdd

#dd9f3b

#79dd3b

Square

#3b79dd

#dd3bca

#dd9f3b

#3bdd4e

Shades

Color #3b79dd mixed toward black.

#2361c7

#1c4e9f

#153a77

#0e2750

#071328

Tints

Color #3b79dd mixed toward white.

#5c8fe3

#7ca6e8

#9dbcee

#bed2f4

#dee9f9

Tones

Color #3b79dd mixed toward gray.

#497ccf

#567fc2

#6483b4

#7186a7

#7f8999

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5dcb · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#5954c6 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#40bab6 · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b79dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b79dd]

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

#3b79dd (#3b79dd) is rgb(59, 121, 221) in RGB.

No, #3b79dd 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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