#00496f

Color #00496f

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 19.5 Nearest Tailwind class sky-900 #024a70 · ΔE 0.3

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Conversions

HEX

#00496f

RGB

rgb(0, 73, 111)

HSL

hsl(200.5, 100%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.5, 100%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 34.2%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(29.19, -4.36, -27.41)

LCH

lch(29.19, 27.75, 260.96)

OKLCH

oklch(38.7%, 0.0896, 240.57)

HWB

hwb(200.5, 0%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f2600

Analogous

#006f5e

#00496f

#00126f

Triadic

#00496f

#6f0049

#496f00

Split-complementary

#00496f

#6f0012

#6f5e00

Tetradic

#00496f

#26006f

#6f2600

#496f00

Square

#00496f

#5e006f

#6f2600

#126f00

Shades

Color #00496f mixed toward black.

#003d5d

#00314a

#002538

#001825

#000c13

Tints

Color #00496f mixed toward white.

#0075b2

#00a1f4

#38bbff

#7ad2ff

#bde8ff

Tones

Color #00496f mixed toward gray.

#094666

#13435d

#1c4053

#253d4a

#2e3b41

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.18:1

White text reads better on this background (9.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2f3067 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#2c2765 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#0b615f · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 17.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00496f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00496f]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#00496f (#00496f) is rgb(0, 73, 111) in RGB.

No, #00496f 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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