#1e85ab

Color #1e85ab

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.42 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#1e85ab

RGB

rgb(30, 133, 171)

HSL

hsl(196.2, 70.1%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.2, 82.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(51.83, -14.72, -28.09)

LCH

lch(51.83, 31.71, 242.34)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.1052, 228.74)

HWB

hwb(196.2, 11.8%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab441e

Analogous

#1eab8b

#1e85ab

#1e3eab

Triadic

#1e85ab

#ab1e85

#85ab1e

Split-complementary

#1e85ab

#ab1e3e

#ab8b1e

Tetradic

#1e85ab

#441eab

#ab441e

#85ab1e

Square

#1e85ab

#8b1eab

#ab441e

#3eab1e

Shades

Color #1e85ab mixed toward black.

#196f8e

#145972

#0f4255

#0a2c39

#05161c

Tints

Color #1e85ab mixed toward white.

#26a7d7

#50b9e0

#7ccbe8

#a7dcf0

#d3eef7

Tones

Color #1e85ab mixed toward gray.

#2a7f9f

#367a93

#417588

#4d6f7c

#596a70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5ea3 · ΔE 22.3

Deuteranopia

#5750a1 · ΔE 25.3

Tritanopia

#2b9c9a · ΔE 16.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1e85ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1e85ab]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#1e85ab (#1e85ab) is rgb(30, 133, 171) in RGB.

No, #1e85ab 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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