#003ba5

Color #003ba5

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 17.79 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#003ba5

RGB

rgb(0, 59, 165)

HSL

hsl(218.5, 100%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.5, 100%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 64.2%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(29.01, 28.27, -61.04)

LCH

lch(29.01, 67.27, 294.85)

OKLCH

oklch(39.8%, 0.179, 261.58)

HWB

hwb(218.5, 0%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a56a00

Analogous

#008ea5

#003ba5

#1700a5

Triadic

#003ba5

#a5003b

#3ba500

Split-complementary

#003ba5

#a51700

#8ea500

Tetradic

#003ba5

#6a00a5

#a56a00

#3ba500

Square

#003ba5

#a5008e

#a56a00

#00a517

Shades

Color #003ba5 mixed toward black.

#00318a

#00276e

#001e53

#001437

#000a1c

Tints

Color #003ba5 mixed toward white.

#0050df

#196cff

#5390ff

#8cb5ff

#c6daff

Tones

Color #003ba5 mixed toward gray.

#0e3f97

#1c438a

#29477c

#374b6e

#454f60

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.17:1

White text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#252694 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#231e8f · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#078481 · ΔE 37.7

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #003ba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#003ba5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#003ba5 (#003ba5) is rgb(0, 59, 165) in RGB.

No, #003ba5 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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