#3e51c8

Color #3e51c8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 9.35 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3e51c8

RGB

rgb(62, 81, 200)

HSL

hsl(231.7, 55.6%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.7, 69%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(69%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(39.71, 32.16, -64.15)

LCH

lch(39.71, 71.76, 296.63)

OKLCH

oklch(49.3%, 0.185, 271.02)

HWB

hwb(231.7, 24.3%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8b53e

Analogous

#3e96c8

#3e51c8

#703ec8

Triadic

#3e51c8

#c83e51

#51c83e

Split-complementary

#3e51c8

#c8703e

#96c83e

Tetradic

#3e51c8

#b53ec8

#c8b53e

#51c83e

Square

#3e51c8

#c83e96

#c8b53e

#3ec870

Shades

Color #3e51c8 mixed toward black.

#3041aa

#273488

#1d2766

#131a44

#0a0d22

Tints

Color #3e51c8 mixed toward white.

#5e6ed1

#7e8bda

#9fa8e3

#bfc5ed

#dfe2f6

Tones

Color #3e51c8 mixed toward gray.

#4a5abc

#5562b1

#616aa6

#6c729a

#787b8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.22:1

White text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4747b4 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#4644af · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#3fa29e · ΔE 40

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3e51c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e51c8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#3e51c8 (#3e51c8) is rgb(62, 81, 200) in RGB.

No, #3e51c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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