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Medium Blue Color

#0000cd

Medium Blue Color

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A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#0000cd

RGB

rgb(0, 0, 205)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 100%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(24.97, 67.18, -91.5)

LCH

lch(24.97, 113.51, 306.29)

OKLCH

oklch(38.4%, 0.2657, 264.06)

HWB

hwb(240, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdcd00

Analogous

#0067cd

#0000cd

#6700cd

Triadic

#0000cd

#cd0000

#00cd00

Split-complementary

#0000cd

#cd6700

#67cd00

Tetradic

#0000cd

#cd00cd

#cdcd00

#00cd00

Square

#0000cd

#cd0067

#cdcd00

#00cd67

Shades

Medium Blue Color mixed toward black.

#0000ab

#000089

#000067

#000044

#000022

Tints

Medium Blue Color mixed toward white.

#0101ff

#3434ff

#6767ff

#9999ff

#ccccff

Tones

Medium Blue Color mixed toward gray.

#1111bc

#2222ab

#33339a

#444489

#555578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.88:1

White text reads better on this background (11.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0000b5 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#0000af · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#009f99 · ΔE 50.4

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 31.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #0000cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0000cd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Midnight Blue #191970

Frequently asked questions

Medium Blue (#0000cd) is rgb(0, 0, 205) in RGB.

No, #0000cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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