#284cd8

Color #284cd8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 16.46 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#284cd8

RGB

rgb(40, 76, 216)

HSL

hsl(227.7, 69.3%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.7, 81.5%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.5%, 64.8%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(38.86, 38.76, -74.82)

LCH

lch(38.86, 84.26, 297.39)

OKLCH

oklch(48.8%, 0.2171, 266.46)

HWB

hwb(227.7, 15.7%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8b428

Analogous

#28a4d8

#284cd8

#5c28d8

Triadic

#284cd8

#d8284c

#4cd828

Split-complementary

#284cd8

#d85c28

#a4d828

Tetradic

#284cd8

#b428d8

#d8b428

#4cd828

Square

#284cd8

#d828a4

#d8b428

#28d85c

Shades

Color #284cd8 mixed toward black.

#213fb5

#1a3290

#14266c

#0d1948

#070d24

Tints

Color #284cd8 mixed toward white.

#4c6adf

#7088e5

#94a6ec

#b7c3f2

#dbe1f9

Tones

Color #284cd8 mixed toward gray.

#3755c9

#455dbb

#5466ac

#636f9d

#71778f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3b3bc2 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#3936bc · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#2baea9 · ΔE 44.6

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 29.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #284cd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#284cd8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#284cd8 (#284cd8) is rgb(40, 76, 216) in RGB.

No, #284cd8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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