#240ae6

Color #240ae6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 9.07 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#240ae6

RGB

rgb(36, 10, 230)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 91.7%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 95.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.3%, 95.7%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(30.17, 71.9, -97.24)

LCH

lch(30.17, 120.93, 306.48)

OKLCH

oklch(43.1%, 0.281, 268.59)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 3.9%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cce60a

Analogous

#0a5ee6

#240ae6

#920ae6

Triadic

#240ae6

#e6240a

#0ae624

Split-complementary

#240ae6

#e6920a

#5ee60a

Tetradic

#240ae6

#e60acc

#cce60a

#0ae624

Square

#240ae6

#e60a5e

#cce60a

#0ae692

Shades

Color #240ae6 mixed toward black.

#1e08c0

#180799

#120573

#0c034d

#060226

Tints

Color #240ae6 mixed toward white.

#4028f6

#6653f8

#8c7ef9

#b3a9fb

#d9d4fd

Tones

Color #240ae6 mixed toward gray.

#321cd4

#402fc2

#4e41af

#5c539d

#6a668a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.26:1

White text reads better on this background (9.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1c1bcc · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#1d1ec4 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#23b3ad · ΔE 53.9

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 32.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #240ae6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#240ae6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#240ae6 (#240ae6) is rgb(36, 10, 230) in RGB.

No, #240ae6 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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