#3b82f6

Color #3b82f6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 8.52 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#3b82f6

RGB

rgb(59, 130, 246)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 91.2%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 76%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(76%, 47.2%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(55.63, 17.54, -64.42)

LCH

lch(55.63, 66.77, 285.23)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1881, 259.83)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 23.1%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6af3b

Analogous

#3be0f6

#3b82f6

#513bf6

Triadic

#3b82f6

#f63b82

#82f63b

Split-complementary

#3b82f6

#f6513b

#e0f63b

Tetradic

#3b82f6

#af3bf6

#f6af3b

#82f63b

Square

#3b82f6

#f63be0

#f6af3b

#3bf651

Shades

Color #3b82f6 mixed toward black.

#0b63f3

#094fc2

#073c92

#042861

#021431

Tints

Color #3b82f6 mixed toward white.

#5c97f7

#7cacf9

#9dc1fa

#bed5fc

#deeafd

Tones

Color #3b82f6 mixed toward gray.

#4b86e6

#5a8ad7

#6a8dc7

#7991b8

#8995a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262e1 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#5e58dc · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#41ceca · ΔE 36.6

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b82f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b82f6]

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

#3b82f6 (#3b82f6) is rgb(59, 130, 246) in RGB.

No, #3b82f6 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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