#0848aa

Color #0848aa

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.02 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#0848aa

RGB

rgb(8, 72, 170)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 91%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 95.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.3%, 57.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(33.11, 21.75, -57.34)

LCH

lch(33.11, 61.33, 290.77)

OKLCH

oklch(43.1%, 0.1684, 260.15)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 3.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa6a08

Analogous

#0899aa

#0848aa

#1908aa

Triadic

#0848aa

#aa0848

#48aa08

Split-complementary

#0848aa

#aa1908

#99aa08

Tetradic

#0848aa

#6a08aa

#aa6a08

#48aa08

Square

#0848aa

#aa0899

#aa6a08

#08aa19

Shades

Color #0848aa mixed toward black.

#073c8e

#053071

#042455

#031839

#010c1c

Tints

Color #0848aa mixed toward white.

#0a5edf

#2c7bf5

#609cf8

#95bdfa

#cadefd

Tones

Color #0848aa mixed toward gray.

#164b9c

#234e8f

#315081

#3e5374

#4b5666

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.52:1

White text reads better on this background (8.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#303099 · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#2d2895 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#118a87 · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 25.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #0848aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0848aa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#0848aa (#0848aa) is rgb(8, 72, 170) in RGB.

No, #0848aa 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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