#398bea

Color #398bea

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.57 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#398bea

RGB

rgb(57, 139, 234)

HSL

hsl(212.2, 80.8%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.2, 75.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.6%, 40.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(57.34, 7.48, -55.03)

LCH

lch(57.34, 55.54, 277.74)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.1633, 254.41)

HWB

hwb(212.2, 22.4%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea9839

Analogous

#39e4ea

#398bea

#4039ea

Triadic

#398bea

#ea398b

#8bea39

Split-complementary

#398bea

#ea4039

#e4ea39

Tetradic

#398bea

#9839ea

#ea9839

#8bea39

Square

#398bea

#ea39e4

#ea9839

#39ea40

Shades

Color #398bea mixed toward black.

#1772db

#135bb0

#0e4484

#092e58

#05172c

Tints

Color #398bea mixed toward white.

#5a9eed

#7bb2f1

#9cc5f4

#bdd8f8

#deecfb

Tones

Color #398bea mixed toward gray.

#488cdb

#578dcd

#658ebe

#748faf

#8391a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6767d8 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#625cd3 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#40c8c4 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #398bea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#398bea]

Related colors

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#398bea (#398bea) is rgb(57, 139, 234) in RGB.

No, #398bea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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