#005e8f

Color #005e8f

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.72 Nearest Tailwind class sky-800 #00598a · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#005e8f

RGB

rgb(0, 94, 143)

HSL

hsl(200.6, 100%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.6, 100%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 34.3%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(37.82, -4.43, -33.53)

LCH

lch(37.82, 33.82, 262.47)

OKLCH

oklch(46.1%, 0.1086, 241.57)

HWB

hwb(200.6, 0%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f3100

Analogous

#008f78

#005e8f

#00168f

Triadic

#005e8f

#8f005e

#5e8f00

Split-complementary

#005e8f

#8f0016

#8f7800

Tetradic

#005e8f

#31008f

#8f3100

#5e8f00

Square

#005e8f

#78008f

#8f3100

#168f00

Shades

Color #005e8f mixed toward black.

#004e77

#003f5f

#002f47

#001f30

#001018

Tints

Color #005e8f mixed toward white.

#0086cc

#0aabff

#47c0ff

#85d5ff

#c2eaff

Tones

Color #005e8f mixed toward gray.

#0c5a83

#185677

#24536b

#304f5f

#3c4b53

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

3:1

White text reads better on this background (7.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3f85 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#3a3383 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#117d7b · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #005e8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#005e8f]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#005e8f (#005e8f) is rgb(0, 94, 143) in RGB.

No, #005e8f 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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