#205ab8

Color #205ab8

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 16.21 Nearest Tailwind class sky-800 #00598a · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#205ab8

RGB

rgb(32, 90, 184)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 70.4%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 82.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.6%, 51.1%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(39.71, 16.82, -54.88)

LCH

lch(39.71, 57.4, 287.04)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.1606, 259.89)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 12.5%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b87e20

Analogous

#20a6b8

#205ab8

#3220b8

Triadic

#205ab8

#b8205a

#5ab820

Split-complementary

#205ab8

#b83220

#a6b820

Tetradic

#205ab8

#7e20b8

#b87e20

#5ab820

Square

#205ab8

#b820a6

#b87e20

#20b832

Shades

Color #205ab8 mixed toward black.

#1b4b9a

#153c7b

#102d5c

#0b1e3d

#050f1f

Tints

Color #205ab8 mixed toward white.

#2e70db

#588de2

#82a9e9

#acc6f1

#d5e2f8

Tones

Color #205ab8 mixed toward gray.

#2d5dac

#39609f

#466392

#536685

#5f6979

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.22:1

White text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4141a7 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#3d39a3 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#259895 · ΔE 35.2

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #205ab8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#205ab8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#205ab8 (#205ab8) is rgb(32, 90, 184) in RGB.

No, #205ab8 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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