#3972b4

Color #3972b4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.18 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#3972b4

RGB

rgb(57, 114, 180)

HSL

hsl(212.2, 51.9%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.2, 68.3%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.3%, 36.7%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(47.23, 3.17, -40.46)

LCH

lch(47.23, 40.58, 274.48)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.1198, 253.71)

HWB

hwb(212.2, 22.4%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b47b39

Analogous

#39b0b4

#3972b4

#3e39b4

Triadic

#3972b4

#b43972

#72b439

Split-complementary

#3972b4

#b43e39

#b0b439

Tetradic

#3972b4

#7b39b4

#b47b39

#72b439

Square

#3972b4

#b439b0

#b47b39

#39b43e

Shades

Color #3972b4 mixed toward black.

#305f96

#264c78

#1d395a

#13263c

#0a131e

Tints

Color #3972b4 mixed toward white.

#5289c8

#75a1d3

#97b8de

#bad0e9

#dce7f4

Tones

Color #3972b4 mixed toward gray.

#4373aa

#4e74a0

#587495

#62758b

#6c7681

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.24:1

White text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5758a7 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#544fa4 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#3d9c99 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3972b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3972b4]

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

#3972b4 (#3972b4) is rgb(57, 114, 180) in RGB.

No, #3972b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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