Skip to the color picker

#348eca color: Magical Merlin

#348eca is rgb(52, 142, 202) in RGB and oklch(62.093% 0.12347 242.128) in OKLCH. Every other format, shade and contrast value is below.

Read as HEX

204°
100%

62.1%
0.123
242°
  • Sky blue
  • Medium
  • Vivid
  • Cool
  • ≈ Steel blue
  • cyan-600
  • Black 21%

Inside sRGB: displays the same on any screen.

White text
3.58:1Hard to read
Lc -69
Black text
5.87:1Readable · AA
Lc 41

Shades

From lightest to darkest. Click a shade to use it.

Harmonies

Open as palette

Recent

Colors you stop on or copy appear here. They stay on this device.

About #348eca

#348eca is a bright sky blue color. In OKLCH it has 62.1% lightness, 0.123 chroma and a hue of 242°.

Inside sRGB: displays the same on any screen.

White text on it reaches 3.58:1 contrast and black text 5.87:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Magical Merlin (#3d8ed0). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is cyan-600.

More medium sky blue colors

Lighter: #348eca mixed with white

  1. 348eca
  2. 4d99d0
  3. 63a5d6
  4. 77b0db
  5. 8bbbe1
  6. 9fc7e6
  7. b2d2eb
  8. c5ddf0
  9. d8e8f5
  10. ecf4fa

Darker: #348eca mixed with black

  1. 348eca
  2. 2c7baf
  3. 246895
  4. 1c567c
  5. 154464
  6. 0e344d
  7. 072437
  8. 031522
  9. 01070f
  10. 000102

Calmer: #348eca with less saturation

  1. 348eca
  2. 418ec3
  3. 4c8dbd
  4. 558db6
  5. 5d8cb0
  6. 658ba9
  7. 6c8ba2
  8. 738a9b
  9. 7a8994
  10. 80878d

Questions about #348eca

What color is #348eca?

#348eca is bright sky blue. The closest named color is Magical Merlin. In RGB it is rgb(52, 142, 202), in HSL hsl(204, 59.06%, 49.8%) and in OKLCH oklch(62.093% 0.12347 242.128).

What colors go well with #348eca?

The complementary color of #348eca is #ba732a. For a calmer combination use the analogous colors #0099b2 and #6d80d1. The triadic partners are #c26480 and #7a9233.

Is white or black text more readable on #348eca?

White text reads better on #348eca: white gives a contrast ratio of 3.58:1 and black gives 5.87:1. WCAG AA asks for at least 4.5:1 for body text.

Is #348eca a warm or cool color?

#348eca is a cool color. In OKLCH its hue is 242 degrees, its lightness 62.1% and its chroma 0.123.