#3d72c8

Color #3d72c8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.55 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3d72c8

RGB

rgb(61, 114, 200)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 55.8%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 69.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.5%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(48.5, 11.01, -49.96)

LCH

lch(48.5, 51.16, 282.43)

OKLCH

oklch(55.9%, 0.1452, 259.64)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 23.9%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8933d

Analogous

#3db8c8

#3d72c8

#4e3dc8

Triadic

#3d72c8

#c83d72

#72c83d

Split-complementary

#3d72c8

#c84e3d

#b8c83d

Tetradic

#3d72c8

#933dc8

#c8933d

#72c83d

Square

#3d72c8

#c83db8

#c8933d

#3dc84e

Shades

Color #3d72c8 mixed toward black.

#305eaa

#264c88

#1d3966

#132644

#0a1322

Tints

Color #3d72c8 mixed toward white.

#5d8ad1

#7ea1da

#9eb9e3

#bed0ed

#dfe8f6

Tones

Color #3d72c8 mixed toward gray.

#4975bc

#5478b1

#607aa5

#6b7d9a

#77808e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.44:1

White text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5959b8 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#5651b4 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#41aaa6 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3d72c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3d72c8]

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

#3d72c8 (#3d72c8) is rgb(61, 114, 200) in RGB.

No, #3d72c8 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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