#3e5171

Color #3e5171

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.9 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3e5171

RGB

rgb(62, 81, 113)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 29.1%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 45.1%, 44.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 28.3%, 0%, 55.7%)

LAB

lab(34.19, 1.94, -20.66)

LCH

lch(34.19, 20.75, 275.36)

OKLCH

oklch(43.3%, 0.0584, 260.54)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 24.3%, 55.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#715e3e

Analogous

#3e6a71

#3e5171

#443e71

Triadic

#3e5171

#713e51

#51713e

Split-complementary

#3e5171

#71443e

#6a713e

Tetradic

#3e5171

#5e3e71

#715e3e

#51713e

Square

#3e5171

#713e6a

#715e3e

#3e7144

Shades

Color #3e5171 mixed toward black.

#34445e

#29364b

#1f2938

#151b26

#0a0e13

Tints

Color #3e5171 mixed toward white.

#526b95

#6f87b0

#93a5c4

#b7c3d7

#dbe1eb

Tones

Color #3e5171 mixed toward gray.

#42526d

#465368

#4b5464

#4f5560

#53565c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.62:1

White text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#47476a · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#464469 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#3f6563 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3e5171;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e5171]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#3e5171 (#3e5171) is rgb(62, 81, 113) in RGB.

No, #3e5171 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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