#290bcd

Color #290bcd

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 4.42 Nearest Tailwind class violet-800 #5d0ec0 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#290bcd

RGB

rgb(41, 11, 205)

HSL

hsl(249.3, 89.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.3, 94.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(80%, 94.6%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(27.07, 65.55, -87.97)

LCH

lch(27.07, 109.71, 306.69)

OKLCH

oklch(40.1%, 0.2542, 271.15)

HWB

hwb(249.3, 4.3%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afcd0b

Analogous

#0b4ecd

#290bcd

#8a0bcd

Triadic

#290bcd

#cd290b

#0bcd29

Split-complementary

#290bcd

#cd8a0b

#4ecd0b

Tetradic

#290bcd

#cd0baf

#afcd0b

#0bcd29

Square

#290bcd

#cd0b4e

#afcd0b

#0bcd8a

Shades

Color #290bcd mixed toward black.

#2209ab

#1b0789

#150667

#0e0444

#070222

Tints

Color #290bcd mixed toward white.

#3917f3

#6045f5

#8874f8

#b0a2fa

#d7d1fd

Tones

Color #290bcd mixed toward gray.

#341bbd

#3f2bad

#4b3c9d

#564c8c

#615c7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.02:1

White text reads better on this background (10.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1fb5 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#2123af · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#289f9a · ΔE 48.8

Achromatopsia

#404040 · ΔE 31.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #290bcd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#290bcd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#290bcd (#290bcd) is rgb(41, 11, 205) in RGB.

No, #290bcd 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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