#3ea4e2

Color #3ea4e2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 12.21 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#3ea4e2

RGB

rgb(62, 164, 226)

HSL

hsl(202.7, 73.9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.7, 72.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(64.21, -9.19, -39.73)

LCH

lch(64.21, 40.78, 256.98)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.1301, 239.61)

HWB

hwb(202.7, 24.3%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e27c3e

Analogous

#3ee2ce

#3ea4e2

#3e52e2

Triadic

#3ea4e2

#e23ea4

#a4e23e

Split-complementary

#3ea4e2

#e23e52

#e2ce3e

Tetradic

#3ea4e2

#7c3ee2

#e27c3e

#a4e23e

Square

#3ea4e2

#ce3ee2

#e27c3e

#52e23e

Shades

Color #3ea4e2 mixed toward black.

#1f8ed1

#1971a7

#13557d

#0d3954

#061c2a

Tints

Color #3ea4e2 mixed toward white.

#5eb3e7

#7ec2ec

#9fd2f1

#bfe1f5

#dff0fa

Tones

Color #3ea4e2 mixed toward gray.

#4ca1d4

#599dc7

#679ab9

#7597ab

#82939e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879d5 · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#726ad2 · ΔE 24.8

Tritanopia

#48cac8 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3ea4e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3ea4e2]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#3ea4e2 (#3ea4e2) is rgb(62, 164, 226) in RGB.

No, #3ea4e2 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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