#3c5fb4

Color #3c5fb4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.67 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3c5fb4

RGB

rgb(60, 95, 180)

HSL

hsl(222.5, 50%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.5, 66.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 47.2%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(41.91, 15.66, -48.94)

LCH

lch(41.91, 51.38, 287.74)

OKLCH

oklch(50.5%, 0.1406, 264.94)

HWB

hwb(222.5, 23.5%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4913c

Analogous

#3c9bb4

#3c5fb4

#553cb4

Triadic

#3c5fb4

#b43c5f

#5fb43c

Split-complementary

#3c5fb4

#b4553c

#9bb43c

Tetradic

#3c5fb4

#913cb4

#b4913c

#5fb43c

Square

#3c5fb4

#b43c9b

#b4913c

#3cb455

Shades

Color #3c5fb4 mixed toward black.

#324f96

#283f78

#1e305a

#14203c

#0a101e

Tints

Color #3c5fb4 mixed toward white.

#5677c7

#7892d2

#9aaedd

#bcc9e9

#dde4f4

Tones

Color #3c5fb4 mixed toward gray.

#4663aa

#5067a0

#5a6c96

#64708c

#6e7482

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.49:1

White text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4ea4 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#4b49a0 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#3e9794 · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c5fb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c5fb4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#3c5fb4 (#3c5fb4) is rgb(60, 95, 180) in RGB.

No, #3c5fb4 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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