#0049ec

Color #0049ec

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 24.48 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 0.9

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Conversions

HEX

#0049ec

RGB

rgb(0, 73, 236)

HSL

hsl(221.4, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.4, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 69.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(39.27, 46.29, -85.55)

LCH

lch(39.27, 97.27, 298.42)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.2501, 263.04)

HWB

hwb(221.4, 0%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eca300

Analogous

#00bfec

#0049ec

#2d00ec

Triadic

#0049ec

#ec0049

#49ec00

Split-complementary

#0049ec

#ec2d00

#bfec00

Tetradic

#0049ec

#a300ec

#eca300

#49ec00

Square

#0049ec

#ec00bf

#eca300

#00ec2d

Shades

Color #0049ec mixed toward black.

#003dc5

#00319d

#002576

#00184f

#000c27

Tints

Color #0049ec mixed toward white.

#1b62ff

#4881ff

#76a1ff

#a4c0ff

#d1e0ff

Tones

Color #0049ec mixed toward gray.

#1451d8

#2758c5

#3b60b1

#4f679d

#626f8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.16:1

White text reads better on this background (6.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2f30d3 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#2c27cc · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#0bbcb7 · ΔE 48.1

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 30.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #0049ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0049ec]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#0049ec (#0049ec) is rgb(0, 73, 236) in RGB.

No, #0049ec 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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