#0a5ce0

Color #0a5ce0

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#0a5ce0

RGB

rgb(10, 92, 224)

HSL

hsl(217, 91.5%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 95.5%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.5%, 58.9%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(42.91, 29.99, -72.77)

LCH

lch(42.91, 78.71, 292.4)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.2135, 260.84)

HWB

hwb(217, 3.9%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e08e0a

Analogous

#0ac7e0

#0a5ce0

#230ae0

Triadic

#0a5ce0

#e00a5c

#5ce00a

Split-complementary

#0a5ce0

#e0230a

#c7e00a

Tetradic

#0a5ce0

#8e0ae0

#e08e0a

#5ce00a

Square

#0a5ce0

#e00ac7

#e08e0a

#0ae023

Shades

Color #0a5ce0 mixed toward black.

#084dbb

#073d95

#052e70

#031f4b

#020f25

Tints

Color #0a5ce0 mixed toward white.

#2373f5

#4f8ff7

#7babf9

#a7c7fb

#d3e3fd

Tones

Color #0a5ce0 mixed toward gray.

#1c60ce

#2e64bc

#3f69ab

#516d99

#637187

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.62:1

White text reads better on this background (5.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3fca · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#3a34c4 · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#16b6b1 · ΔE 42.6

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 28.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #0a5ce0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0a5ce0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#0a5ce0 (#0a5ce0) is rgb(10, 92, 224) in RGB.

No, #0a5ce0 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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