#378ae9

Color #378ae9

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.86 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#378ae9

RGB

rgb(55, 138, 233)

HSL

hsl(212, 80.2%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212, 76.4%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.4%, 40.8%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(56.95, 7.49, -55.1)

LCH

lch(56.95, 55.61, 277.74)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.1637, 254.27)

HWB

hwb(212, 21.6%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e99637

Analogous

#37e3e9

#378ae9

#3d37e9

Triadic

#378ae9

#e9378a

#8ae937

Split-complementary

#378ae9

#e93d37

#e3e937

Tetradic

#378ae9

#9637e9

#e99637

#8ae937

Square

#378ae9

#e937e3

#e99637

#37e93d

Shades

Color #378ae9 mixed toward black.

#1872d8

#135bad

#0e4482

#0a2d57

#05172b

Tints

Color #378ae9 mixed toward white.

#589eed

#7ab1f0

#9bc5f4

#bcd8f8

#deecfb

Tones

Color #378ae9 mixed toward gray.

#468bda

#558ccb

#648dbd

#728eae

#818f9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6666d7 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#615ad2 · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#3fc7c3 · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 24.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #378ae9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#378ae9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#378ae9 (#378ae9) is rgb(55, 138, 233) in RGB.

No, #378ae9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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