#005ae3

Color #005ae3

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 12.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#005ae3

RGB

rgb(0, 90, 227)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 100%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 100%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(42.55, 32.19, -75.07)

LCH

lch(42.55, 81.68, 293.21)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.2204, 260.81)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 0%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e38900

Analogous

#00cbe3

#005ae3

#1700e3

Triadic

#005ae3

#e3005a

#5ae300

Split-complementary

#005ae3

#e31700

#cbe300

Tetradic

#005ae3

#8900e3

#e38900

#5ae300

Square

#005ae3

#e300cb

#e38900

#00e317

Shades

Color #005ae3 mixed toward black.

#004bbd

#003c97

#002d71

#001e4c

#000f26

Tints

Color #005ae3 mixed toward white.

#1371ff

#428dff

#71aaff

#a1c6ff

#d0e3ff

Tones

Color #005ae3 mixed toward gray.

#135ed0

#2662bd

#3966aa

#4c6a97

#5f6e84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.57:1

White text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3b3ccc · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#3731c7 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#10b8b3 · ΔE 43.5

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 28.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #005ae3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#005ae3]

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

#005ae3 (#005ae3) is rgb(0, 90, 227) in RGB.

No, #005ae3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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