#3e4959

Color #3e4959

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 4.83 Nearest Tailwind class gray-700 #364153 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#3e4959

RGB

rgb(62, 73, 89)

HSL

hsl(215.6, 17.9%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.6, 30.3%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.3%, 18%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(30.66, -0.17, -10.91)

LCH

lch(30.66, 10.91, 269.11)

OKLCH

oklch(40.2%, 0.0306, 257.74)

HWB

hwb(215.6, 24.3%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#594e3e

Analogous

#3e5659

#3e4959

#403e59

Triadic

#3e4959

#593e49

#49593e

Split-complementary

#3e4959

#59403e

#56593e

Tetradic

#3e4959

#4e3e59

#594e3e

#49593e

Square

#3e4959

#593e56

#594e3e

#3e5940

Shades

Color #3e4959 mixed toward black.

#343d4a

#29313b

#1f242c

#15181e

#0a0c0f

Tints

Color #3e4959 mixed toward white.

#57667c

#72839d

#95a2b5

#b8c1ce

#dce0e6

Tones

Color #3e4959 mixed toward gray.

#404957

#424a54

#454a52

#474b50

#494b4e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.3:1

White text reads better on this background (9.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#434355 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#424255 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#3f5352 · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 8.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #3e4959;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e4959]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#3e4959 (#3e4959) is rgb(62, 73, 89) in RGB.

No, #3e4959 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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