#3f78ac

Color #3f78ac

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 4.22 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#3f78ac

RGB

rgb(63, 120, 172)

HSL

hsl(208.6, 46.4%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.6, 63.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.4%, 30.2%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(48.84, -2.21, -33.26)

LCH

lch(48.84, 33.33, 266.2)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.1011, 248.1)

HWB

hwb(208.6, 24.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac733f

Analogous

#3facaa

#3f78ac

#3f42ac

Triadic

#3f78ac

#ac3f78

#78ac3f

Split-complementary

#3f78ac

#ac3f42

#acaa3f

Tetradic

#3f78ac

#733fac

#ac733f

#78ac3f

Square

#3f78ac

#aa3fac

#ac733f

#42ac3f

Shades

Color #3f78ac mixed toward black.

#35648f

#2a5073

#203c56

#152839

#0b141d

Tints

Color #3f78ac mixed toward white.

#578fc2

#79a5ce

#9abcda

#bcd2e6

#dde9f3

Tones

Color #3f78ac mixed toward gray.

#4878a3

#51779a

#5a7791

#637688

#6c767f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.49:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5ea1 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#5a559f · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#439896 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3f78ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3f78ac]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#3f78ac (#3f78ac) is rgb(63, 120, 172) in RGB.

No, #3f78ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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