#3e73cc

Color #3e73cc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.3 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#3e73cc

RGB

rgb(62, 115, 204)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 58.2%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 69.6%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.6%, 43.6%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(49.06, 11.98, -51.36)

LCH

lch(49.06, 52.74, 283.13)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.149, 260.15)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 24.3%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cc973e

Analogous

#3ebacc

#3e73cc

#503ecc

Triadic

#3e73cc

#cc3e73

#73cc3e

Split-complementary

#3e73cc

#cc503e

#bacc3e

Tetradic

#3e73cc

#973ecc

#cc973e

#73cc3e

Square

#3e73cc

#cc3eba

#cc973e

#3ecc50

Shades

Color #3e73cc mixed toward black.

#2e5faf

#254c8c

#1c3969

#132646

#091323

Tints

Color #3e73cc mixed toward white.

#5e8ad5

#7ea2dd

#9fb9e6

#bfd0ee

#dfe8f7

Tones

Color #3e73cc mixed toward gray.

#4a76c0

#5679b4

#627ca9

#6d7f9d

#798291

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.53:1

White text reads better on this background (4.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5abb · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#5752b7 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#42ada9 · ΔE 32.8

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3e73cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e73cc]

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

#3e73cc (#3e73cc) is rgb(62, 115, 204) in RGB.

No, #3e73cc 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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