#1779ea

Color #1779ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 9.75 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#1779ea

RGB

rgb(23, 121, 234)

HSL

hsl(212.1, 83.4%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.1, 90.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.2%, 48.3%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(51.6, 15.77, -64.28)

LCH

lch(51.6, 66.19, 283.78)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.1907, 256.26)

HWB

hwb(212.1, 9%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea8817

Analogous

#17e3ea

#1779ea

#1e17ea

Triadic

#1779ea

#ea1779

#79ea17

Split-complementary

#1779ea

#ea1e17

#e3ea17

Tetradic

#1779ea

#8817ea

#ea8817

#79ea17

Square

#1779ea

#ea17e3

#ea8817

#17ea1e

Shades

Color #1779ea mixed toward black.

#1265c4

#0e519d

#0b3d76

#07284f

#041427

Tints

Color #1779ea mixed toward white.

#3e8fee

#64a6f1

#8bbcf5

#b2d2f8

#d8e9fc

Tones

Color #1779ea mixed toward gray.

#297ad8

#3a7cc7

#4c7db5

#5d7ea4

#6f7f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5454d6 · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#4e47d0 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#24c4bf · ΔE 37.2

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 26.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #1779ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1779ea]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#1779ea (#1779ea) is rgb(23, 121, 234) in RGB.

No, #1779ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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