#1170ea

Color #1170ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 6.07 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#1170ea

RGB

rgb(17, 112, 234)

HSL

hsl(213.7, 86.5%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.7, 92.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(92.7%, 52.1%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(49.06, 21.21, -68.39)

LCH

lch(49.06, 71.6, 287.23)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.2018, 258.13)

HWB

hwb(213.7, 6.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea8b11

Analogous

#11ddea

#1170ea

#1e11ea

Triadic

#1170ea

#ea1170

#70ea11

Split-complementary

#1170ea

#ea1e11

#ddea11

Tetradic

#1170ea

#8b11ea

#ea8b11

#70ea11

Square

#1170ea

#ea11dd

#ea8b11

#11ea1e

Shades

Color #1170ea mixed toward black.

#0e5dc3

#0b4b9c

#083875

#06254e

#031327

Tints

Color #1170ea mixed toward white.

#3688f0

#5e9ff3

#86b7f6

#aecff9

#d7e7fc

Tones

Color #1170ea mixed toward gray.

#2372d8

#3575c6

#4777b4

#5979a2

#6b7b90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.53:1

White text reads better on this background (4.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4dd5 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#4841cf · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#1fc2bd · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 27.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #1170ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1170ea]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#1170ea (#1170ea) is rgb(17, 112, 234) in RGB.

No, #1170ea 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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