#1978ff

Color #1978ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 10.22 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#1978ff

RGB

rgb(25, 120, 255)

HSL

hsl(215.2, 100%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.2, 90.2%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.2%, 52.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(52.79, 24.53, -74.03)

LCH

lch(52.79, 77.99, 288.33)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.2179, 259.05)

HWB

hwb(215.2, 9.8%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffa019

Analogous

#19ebff

#1978ff

#2d19ff

Triadic

#1978ff

#ff1978

#78ff19

Split-complementary

#1978ff

#ff2d19

#ebff19

Tetradic

#1978ff

#a019ff

#ffa019

#78ff19

Square

#1978ff

#ff19eb

#ffa019

#19ff2d

Shades

Color #1978ff mixed toward black.

#0060e9

#004dbb

#003a8c

#00275d

#00132f

Tints

Color #1978ff mixed toward white.

#3f8fff

#66a5ff

#8cbcff

#b2d2ff

#d9e9ff

Tones

Color #1978ff mixed toward gray.

#2c7bec

#3f7fd9

#5282c5

#6685b2

#79899f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5354e8 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#4e47e1 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#25d3ce · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 28.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #1978ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1978ff]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#1978ff (#1978ff) is rgb(25, 120, 255) in RGB.

No, #1978ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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