#3e98e6

Color #3e98e6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3e98e6

RGB

rgb(62, 152, 230)

HSL

hsl(207.9, 77.1%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.9, 73%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(73%, 33.9%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(60.95, -1.01, -47.07)

LCH

lch(60.95, 47.08, 268.77)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.144, 248.19)

HWB

hwb(207.9, 24.3%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e68c3e

Analogous

#3ee6e0

#3e98e6

#3e44e6

Triadic

#3e98e6

#e63e98

#98e63e

Split-complementary

#3e98e6

#e63e44

#e6e03e

Tetradic

#3e98e6

#8c3ee6

#e68c3e

#98e63e

Square

#3e98e6

#e03ee6

#e68c3e

#44e63e

Shades

Color #3e98e6 mixed toward black.

#1c80d8

#1667ad

#114d81

#0b3356

#061a2b

Tints

Color #3e98e6 mixed toward white.

#5ea9ea

#7ebaee

#9fcbf3

#bfddf7

#dfeefb

Tones

Color #3e98e6 mixed toward gray.

#4c97d8

#5a96ca

#6895bc

#7694ae

#8493a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7071d6 · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#6b64d3 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#46c9c6 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 22.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3e98e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e98e6]

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Slate Gray #708090

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Frequently asked questions

#3e98e6 (#3e98e6) is rgb(62, 152, 230) in RGB.

No, #3e98e6 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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