#05357e

Color #05357e

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.28 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#05357e

RGB

rgb(5, 53, 126)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 92.4%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 96%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(96%, 57.9%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(23.95, 16.4, -45.29)

LCH

lch(23.95, 48.17, 289.91)

OKLCH

oklch(35%, 0.1331, 259.75)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 2%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e4e05

Analogous

#05727e

#05357e

#11057e

Triadic

#05357e

#7e0535

#357e05

Split-complementary

#05357e

#7e1105

#727e05

Tetradic

#05357e

#4e057e

#7e4e05

#357e05

Square

#05357e

#7e0572

#7e4e05

#057e11

Shades

Color #05357e mixed toward black.

#042c69

#032354

#021b3f

#02122a

#010915

Tints

Color #05357e mixed toward white.

#074fbb

#0c69f5

#498ef8

#85b4fa

#c2d9fd

Tones

Color #05357e mixed toward gray.

#0f3774

#19396a

#233b60

#2d3d56

#373f4c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.82:1

White text reads better on this background (11.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#222372 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#201c6e · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#0b6664 · ΔE 30.6

Achromatopsia

#393939 · ΔE 23.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #05357e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#05357e]

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

#05357e (#05357e) is rgb(5, 53, 126) in RGB.

No, #05357e 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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