#1240ca

Color #1240ca

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 20.29 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#1240ca

RGB

rgb(18, 64, 202)

HSL

hsl(225, 83.6%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 91.1%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(91.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(34.1, 39.92, -74.57)

LCH

lch(34.1, 84.58, 298.16)

OKLCH

oklch(44.8%, 0.2174, 264.35)

HWB

hwb(225, 7.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca9c12

Analogous

#129cca

#1240ca

#4012ca

Triadic

#1240ca

#ca1240

#40ca12

Split-complementary

#1240ca

#ca4012

#9cca12

Tetradic

#1240ca

#9c12ca

#ca9c12

#40ca12

Square

#1240ca

#ca129c

#ca9c12

#12ca40

Shades

Color #1240ca mixed toward black.

#0f35a8

#0c2b87

#092065

#061543

#030b22

Tints

Color #1240ca mixed toward white.

#2154eb

#4d76ef

#7a98f3

#a6baf7

#d3ddfb

Tones

Color #1240ca mixed toward gray.

#2148ba

#314fab

#40579c

#4f5f8d

#5f667d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2c2db5 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#2a26af · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#17a19c · ΔE 44.5

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 29.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #1240ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1240ca]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#1240ca (#1240ca) is rgb(18, 64, 202) in RGB.

No, #1240ca 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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