#175bfd

Color #175bfd

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 20.95 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#175bfd

RGB

rgb(23, 91, 253)

HSL

hsl(222.3, 98.3%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.3, 90.9%, 99.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.9%, 64%, 0%, 0.8%)

LAB

lab(45.29, 41.94, -85.17)

LCH

lch(45.29, 94.94, 296.22)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.2487, 263.28)

HWB

hwb(222.3, 9%, 0.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fdb917

Analogous

#17cefd

#175bfd

#4617fd

Triadic

#175bfd

#fd175b

#5bfd17

Split-complementary

#175bfd

#fd4617

#cefd17

Tetradic

#175bfd

#b917fd

#fdb917

#5bfd17

Square

#175bfd

#fd17ce

#fdb917

#17fd46

Shades

Color #175bfd mixed toward black.

#0245e4

#0237b6

#012989

#011b5b

#000e2e

Tints

Color #175bfd mixed toward white.

#3e76fd

#6492fe

#8badfe

#b2c8fe

#d8e4ff

Tones

Color #175bfd mixed toward gray.

#2a63ea

#3d6bd7

#5072c3

#647ab0

#77829d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.95:1

White text reads better on this background (5.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f40e3 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#3c36dc · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#1fccc6 · ΔE 46.4

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 30.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #175bfd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#175bfd]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#175bfd (#175bfd) is rgb(23, 91, 253) in RGB.

No, #175bfd 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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