#004bee

Color #004bee

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 24.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#004bee

RGB

rgb(0, 75, 238)

HSL

hsl(221.1, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.1, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 68.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(39.92, 45.8, -85.61)

LCH

lch(39.92, 97.09, 298.15)

OKLCH

oklch(50%, 0.2504, 262.93)

HWB

hwb(221.1, 0%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eea300

Analogous

#00c2ee

#004bee

#2c00ee

Triadic

#004bee

#ee004b

#4bee00

Split-complementary

#004bee

#ee2c00

#c2ee00

Tetradic

#004bee

#a300ee

#eea300

#4bee00

Square

#004bee

#ee00c2

#eea300

#00ee2c

Shades

Color #004bee mixed toward black.

#003fc6

#00329f

#002677

#00194f

#000d28

Tints

Color #004bee mixed toward white.

#1c64ff

#4a83ff

#77a2ff

#a4c1ff

#d2e0ff

Tones

Color #004bee mixed toward gray.

#1452da

#285ac6

#3c61b3

#4f689f

#63708b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.24:1

White text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3131d5 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#2d28ce · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#0cbeb9 · ΔE 47.9

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 30.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #004bee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#004bee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#004bee (#004bee) is rgb(0, 75, 238) in RGB.

No, #004bee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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