#3e7ace

Color #3e7ace

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#3e7ace

RGB

rgb(62, 122, 206)

HSL

hsl(215, 59.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215, 69.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.9%, 40.8%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(51.15, 8.37, -49.16)

LCH

lch(51.15, 49.87, 279.66)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.1438, 257.31)

HWB

hwb(215, 24.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce923e

Analogous

#3ec2ce

#3e7ace

#4a3ece

Triadic

#3e7ace

#ce3e7a

#7ace3e

Split-complementary

#3e7ace

#ce4a3e

#c2ce3e

Tetradic

#3e7ace

#923ece

#ce923e

#7ace3e

Square

#3e7ace

#ce3ec2

#ce923e

#3ece4a

Shades

Color #3e7ace mixed toward black.

#2d64b2

#24508e

#1b3c6b

#122847

#091424

Tints

Color #3e7ace mixed toward white.

#5e90d6

#7ea6de

#9ebce6

#bfd3ef

#dfe9f7

Tones

Color #3e7ace mixed toward gray.

#4a7cc2

#567eb6

#6280aa

#6e829e

#7a8492

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5ebe · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#5a56ba · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#43b0ad · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3e7ace;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e7ace]

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

#3e7ace (#3e7ace) is rgb(62, 122, 206) in RGB.

No, #3e7ace 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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