#3c6b99

Color #3c6b99

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.25 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#3c6b99

RGB

rgb(60, 107, 153)

HSL

hsl(209.7, 43.7%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.7, 60.8%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(43.91, -1.48, -29.84)

LCH

lch(43.91, 29.88, 267.16)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0897, 249.44)

HWB

hwb(209.7, 23.5%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#996a3c

Analogous

#3c9999

#3c6b99

#3c3c99

Triadic

#3c6b99

#993c6b

#6b993c

Split-complementary

#3c6b99

#993c3c

#99993c

Tetradic

#3c6b99

#6a3c99

#996a3c

#6b993c

Square

#3c6b99

#993c99

#996a3c

#3c993c

Shades

Color #3c6b99 mixed toward black.

#325980

#284766

#1e364d

#142433

#0a121a

Tints

Color #3c6b99 mixed toward white.

#4d84b9

#719cc7

#94b5d5

#b8cee3

#dbe6f1

Tones

Color #3c6b99 mixed toward gray.

#446b91

#4c6b8a

#536b82

#5b6b7a

#636b72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.76:1

White text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545590 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#524e8d · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#3f8886 · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c6b99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c6b99]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#3c6b99 (#3c6b99) is rgb(60, 107, 153) in RGB.

No, #3c6b99 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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