#3e4878

Color #3e4878

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.85 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#3e4878

RGB

rgb(62, 72, 120)

HSL

hsl(229.7, 31.9%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.7, 48.3%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.3%, 40%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(31.84, 10.08, -28.72)

LCH

lch(31.84, 30.44, 289.34)

OKLCH

oklch(41.6%, 0.0811, 273.46)

HWB

hwb(229.7, 24.3%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#786e3e

Analogous

#3e6578

#3e4878

#513e78

Triadic

#3e4878

#783e48

#48783e

Split-complementary

#3e4878

#78513e

#65783e

Tetradic

#3e4878

#6e3e78

#786e3e

#48783e

Square

#3e4878

#783e65

#786e3e

#3e7851

Shades

Color #3e4878 mixed toward black.

#343c64

#293050

#1f243c

#151828

#0a0c14

Tints

Color #3e4878 mixed toward white.

#515e9c

#6f7bb5

#939cc7

#b7bdda

#dbdeec

Tones

Color #3e4878 mixed toward gray.

#434b73

#484e6e

#4d526a

#515565

#565860

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.4:1

White text reads better on this background (8.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#43436f · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#42416c · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#3f6765 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3e4878;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e4878]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#3e4878 (#3e4878) is rgb(62, 72, 120) in RGB.

No, #3e4878 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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