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Dark Blue Color

#00008b

Dark Blue Color

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A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#00008b

RGB

rgb(0, 0, 139)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 100%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(14.75, 50.42, -68.68)

LCH

lch(14.75, 85.2, 306.28)

OKLCH

oklch(28.8%, 0.1995, 264.04)

HWB

hwb(240, 0%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8b00

Analogous

#00468b

#00008b

#46008b

Triadic

#00008b

#8b0000

#008b00

Split-complementary

#00008b

#8b4600

#468b00

Tetradic

#00008b

#8b008b

#8b8b00

#008b00

Square

#00008b

#8b0046

#8b8b00

#008b46

Shades

Dark Blue Color mixed toward black.

#000074

#00005d

#000046

#00002e

#000017

Tints

Dark Blue Color mixed toward white.

#0000c9

#0808ff

#4646ff

#8383ff

#c1c1ff

Tones

Dark Blue Color mixed toward gray.

#0c0c80

#171774

#232368

#2e2e5d

#3a3a51

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.37:1

White text reads better on this background (15.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#00007a · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#000076 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#006b67 · ΔE 40.3

Achromatopsia

#252525 · ΔE 29.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #00008b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00008b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Midnight Blue #191970

Frequently asked questions

Dark Blue (#00008b) is rgb(0, 0, 139) in RGB.

No, #00008b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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