#285dc5

Color #285dc5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 10.27 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#285dc5

RGB

rgb(40, 93, 197)

HSL

hsl(219.7, 66.2%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.7, 79.7%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.7%, 52.8%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(41.7, 20.66, -59.22)

LCH

lch(41.7, 62.72, 289.23)

OKLCH

oklch(50.4%, 0.1724, 262)

HWB

hwb(219.7, 15.7%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c59028

Analogous

#28acc5

#285dc5

#4128c5

Triadic

#285dc5

#c5285d

#5dc528

Split-complementary

#285dc5

#c54128

#acc528

Tetradic

#285dc5

#9028c5

#c59028

#5dc528

Square

#285dc5

#c528ac

#c59028

#28c541

Shades

Color #285dc5 mixed toward black.

#214ea4

#1b3e83

#142f63

#0d1f42

#071021

Tints

Color #285dc5 mixed toward white.

#4275d9

#6891e0

#8eace8

#b3c8f0

#d9e3f7

Tones

Color #285dc5 mixed toward gray.

#3561b8

#4266ab

#4f6a9e

#5c6e91

#697284

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.46:1

White text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4545b3 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#423eae · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#2ca39f · ΔE 37.5

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 26.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #285dc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#285dc5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#285dc5 (#285dc5) is rgb(40, 93, 197) in RGB.

No, #285dc5 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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