#184a9c

Color #184a9c

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#184a9c

RGB

rgb(24, 74, 156)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 73.3%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 84.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.6%, 52.6%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(32.9, 15.63, -49.25)

LCH

lch(32.9, 51.67, 287.61)

OKLCH

oklch(42.7%, 0.1442, 260.05)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 9.4%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c6a18

Analogous

#188c9c

#184a9c

#28189c

Triadic

#184a9c

#9c184a

#4a9c18

Split-complementary

#184a9c

#9c2818

#8c9c18

Tetradic

#184a9c

#6a189c

#9c6a18

#4a9c18

Square

#184a9c

#9c188c

#9c6a18

#189c28

Shades

Color #184a9c mixed toward black.

#143e82

#103168

#0c254e

#081934

#040c1a

Tints

Color #184a9c mixed toward white.

#1f61cc

#407de2

#709ee9

#a0bef0

#cfdff8

Tones

Color #184a9c mixed toward gray.

#234d91

#2e4f86

#39527b

#445570

#4f5765

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.5:1

White text reads better on this background (8.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#34358e · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#322e8a · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#1d817e · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 24

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #184a9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#184a9c]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#184a9c (#184a9c) is rgb(24, 74, 156) in RGB.

No, #184a9c 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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