#3b82de

Color #3b82de

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.73 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3b82de

RGB

rgb(59, 130, 222)

HSL

hsl(213.9, 71.2%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.9, 73.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.4%, 41.4%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(54.2, 8.83, -53.33)

LCH

lch(54.2, 54.06, 279.4)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.1569, 256.18)

HWB

hwb(213.9, 23.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de973b

Analogous

#3bd3de

#3b82de

#463bde

Triadic

#3b82de

#de3b82

#82de3b

Split-complementary

#3b82de

#de463b

#d3de3b

Tetradic

#3b82de

#973bde

#de973b

#82de3b

Square

#3b82de

#de3bd3

#de973b

#3bde46

Shades

Color #3b82de mixed toward black.

#226ac8

#1b55a0

#144078

#0d2a50

#071528

Tints

Color #3b82de mixed toward white.

#5c97e4

#7cace9

#9dc0ef

#bed5f4

#deeafa

Tones

Color #3b82de mixed toward gray.

#4984d0

#5685c3

#6487b5

#7189a8

#7f8b9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262cd · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#5e58c8 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#41bdba · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b82de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b82de]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#3b82de (#3b82de) is rgb(59, 130, 222) in RGB.

No, #3b82de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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