#0851cd

Color #0851cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 10.74 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#0851cd

RGB

rgb(8, 81, 205)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 92.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 96.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(96.1%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(38.45, 29.72, -69.17)

LCH

lch(38.45, 75.28, 293.25)

OKLCH

oklch(48%, 0.2029, 261.27)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 3.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd8408

Analogous

#08b4cd

#0851cd

#2208cd

Triadic

#0851cd

#cd0851

#51cd08

Split-complementary

#0851cd

#cd2208

#b4cd08

Tetradic

#0851cd

#8408cd

#cd8408

#51cd08

Square

#0851cd

#cd08b4

#cd8408

#08cd22

Shades

Color #0851cd mixed toward black.

#0743ab

#053689

#042867

#031b44

#010d22

Tints

Color #0851cd mixed toward white.

#1166f6

#4184f8

#70a3f9

#a0c2fb

#cfe0fd

Tones

Color #0851cd mixed toward gray.

#1855bd

#295aac

#395e9c

#4a628b

#5a667b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.07:1

White text reads better on this background (6.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3637b9 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#322db3 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#13a6a2 · ΔE 42

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 28

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #0851cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0851cd]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#0851cd (#0851cd) is rgb(8, 81, 205) in RGB.

No, #0851cd 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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