#005aec

Color #005aec

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 17.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#005aec

RGB

rgb(0, 90, 236)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 61.9%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(43.31, 35.63, -78.91)

LCH

lch(43.31, 86.58, 294.3)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.2314, 261.33)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 0%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ec9200

Analogous

#00d0ec

#005aec

#1c00ec

Triadic

#005aec

#ec005a

#5aec00

Split-complementary

#005aec

#ec1c00

#d0ec00

Tetradic

#005aec

#9200ec

#ec9200

#5aec00

Square

#005aec

#ec00d0

#ec9200

#00ec1c

Shades

Color #005aec mixed toward black.

#004bc5

#003c9d

#002d76

#001e4f

#000f27

Tints

Color #005aec mixed toward white.

#1b72ff

#488eff

#76aaff

#a4c7ff

#d1e3ff

Tones

Color #005aec mixed toward gray.

#145fd8

#2763c5

#3b68b1

#4f6d9d

#62718a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3b3cd4 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#3731ce · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#10bfba · ΔE 44.7

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 29.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #005aec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#005aec]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#005aec (#005aec) is rgb(0, 90, 236) in RGB.

No, #005aec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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