#3c94ee

Color #3c94ee

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.65 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#3c94ee

RGB

rgb(60, 148, 238)

HSL

hsl(210.3, 84%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.3, 74.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.8%, 37.8%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(60.17, 3.91, -52.73)

LCH

lch(60.17, 52.87, 274.24)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.1582, 251.95)

HWB

hwb(210.3, 23.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee963c

Analogous

#3cedee

#3c94ee

#3d3cee

Triadic

#3c94ee

#ee3c94

#94ee3c

Split-complementary

#3c94ee

#ee3d3c

#edee3c

Tetradic

#3c94ee

#963cee

#ee963c

#94ee3c

Square

#3c94ee

#ee3ced

#ee963c

#3cee3d

Shades

Color #3c94ee mixed toward black.

#147be4

#1062b7

#0c4a89

#08315b

#04192e

Tints

Color #3c94ee mixed toward white.

#5ca6f1

#7db8f4

#9dcaf7

#bedbf9

#deedfc

Tones

Color #3c94ee mixed toward gray.

#4b94df

#5a94d0

#6894c1

#7795b3

#8695a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6edd · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#6861d8 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#44cdca · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c94ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c94ee]

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#3c94ee (#3c94ee) is rgb(60, 148, 238) in RGB.

No, #3c94ee 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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