#3c5887

Color #3c5887

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.53 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3c5887

RGB

rgb(60, 88, 135)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 38.5%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 55.6%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.6%, 34.8%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(37.28, 4.21, -29.41)

LCH

lch(37.28, 29.71, 278.15)

OKLCH

oklch(46.1%, 0.0842, 260.29)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 23.5%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#876b3c

Analogous

#3c7d87

#3c5887

#453c87

Triadic

#3c5887

#873c58

#58873c

Split-complementary

#3c5887

#87453c

#7d873c

Tetradic

#3c5887

#6b3c87

#876b3c

#58873c

Square

#3c5887

#873c7d

#876b3c

#3c8745

Shades

Color #3c5887 mixed toward black.

#324970

#283b5a

#1e2c43

#141d2d

#0a0f16

Tints

Color #3c5887 mixed toward white.

#4c70ab

#6d8cbe

#92a9cf

#b6c5df

#dbe2ef

Tones

Color #3c5887 mixed toward gray.

#425981

#485b7a

#4f5d74

#555e6e

#5b6068

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.94:1

White text reads better on this background (7.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a7e · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#48467b · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#3e7674 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c5887;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c5887]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#3c5887 (#3c5887) is rgb(60, 88, 135) in RGB.

No, #3c5887 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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