#0000e5

Color #0000e5

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 10.47 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#0000e5

RGB

rgb(0, 0, 229)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 100%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 100%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(28.53, 73, -99.44)

LCH

lch(28.53, 123.36, 306.28)

OKLCH

oklch(41.7%, 0.2888, 264.06)

HWB

hwb(240, 0%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5e500

Analogous

#0072e5

#0000e5

#7200e5

Triadic

#0000e5

#e50000

#00e500

Split-complementary

#0000e5

#e57200

#72e500

Tetradic

#0000e5

#e500e5

#e5e500

#00e500

Square

#0000e5

#e50072

#e5e500

#00e572

Shades

Color #0000e5 mixed toward black.

#0000bf

#000099

#000072

#00004c

#000026

Tints

Color #0000e5 mixed toward white.

#1515ff

#4444ff

#7272ff

#a1a1ff

#d0d0ff

Tones

Color #0000e5 mixed toward gray.

#1313d2

#2626bf

#3939ac

#4c4c99

#5f5f86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.13:1

White text reads better on this background (9.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0000cb · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#0000c3 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#00b2ac · ΔE 54.7

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 32.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #0000e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0000e5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#0000e5 (#0000e5) is rgb(0, 0, 229) in RGB.

No, #0000e5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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