#1e74c6

Color #1e74c6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.41 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#1e74c6

RGB

rgb(30, 116, 198)

HSL

hsl(209.3, 73.7%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.3, 84.8%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.8%, 41.4%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(48.06, 5.43, -49.57)

LCH

lch(48.06, 49.87, 276.25)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.1494, 251.94)

HWB

hwb(209.3, 11.8%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6701e

Analogous

#1ec6c4

#1e74c6

#1e20c6

Triadic

#1e74c6

#c61e74

#74c61e

Split-complementary

#1e74c6

#c61e20

#c6c41e

Tetradic

#1e74c6

#701ec6

#c6701e

#74c61e

Square

#1e74c6

#c41ec6

#c6701e

#20c61e

Shades

Color #1e74c6 mixed toward black.

#1961a5

#144d84

#0f3a63

#0a2742

#051321

Tints

Color #1e74c6 mixed toward white.

#338ce0

#5ca3e6

#85baec

#add1f3

#d6e8f9

Tones

Color #1e74c6 mixed toward gray.

#2c74b8

#3a73aa

#48739c

#56738e

#647280

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.37:1

White text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5152b6 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#4d46b2 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#28a9a6 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1e74c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1e74c6]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

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Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#1e74c6 (#1e74c6) is rgb(30, 116, 198) in RGB.

No, #1e74c6 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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