Medium Blue#0000CD

Medium Blue Hex Code: #0000CD

Medium Blue is a dark, vivid blue. Its OKLCH lightness is 38% and chroma 0.266. Text on this color reads best in white (contrast 11.16:1).

HEX	`#0000CD`
RGB	`rgb(0, 0, 205)`
HSL	`hsl(240, 100%, 40%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(240, 100%, 80%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(100%, 100%, 0%, 20%)`
OKLCH	`oklch(38.3% 0.266 264.1)`

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Contrast

White text11.16:1

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Black text1.88:1

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On white11.16:1

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On black1.88:1

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Tints

#1717D2#2E2ED6#4545DB#5C5CDF#7373E4#8A8AE8#A1A1ED#B8B8F1#CFCFF6Periwinkle#E5E5FALavender

Shades

#0000BB#0000A8#000096Dark Blue#000083Navy Blue#000071#00005E#00004C#000039#000027#000015

Matching colors

Complementary

#0000CDMedium Blue#CDCD00

Analogous

#0000CDMedium Blue#0067CD#6700CD

Triadic

#0000CDMedium Blue#CD0000#00CD00Lime Green

Split complementary

#0000CDMedium Blue#CD6700Chocolate#67CD00

Similar named colors

Blue#0000FFDenim Blue#2243B6Cobalt Blue#0047ABDark Blue#00008BNavy Blue#000080Midnight Blue#191970Dark Slate Blue#483D8BIndigo#4B0082

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Code

CSS	`color: #0000CD;`
Tailwind	`bg-[#0000cd]`
SwiftUI	`Color(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0.804)`
Android	`Color.parseColor("#0000CD")`
Flutter	`Color(0xFF0000CD)`

Medium Blue is a CSS named color (mediumblue); the value follows W3C CSS Color Module Level 4.

Frequently asked questions

What is the hex code for medium blue?

Medium Blue is #0000CD in hex and rgb(0, 0, 205) in RGB.

What is medium blue in CMYK?

With the plain conversion formula it is cmyk(100, 100, 0, 20). For print, convert with your printer's ICC profile instead.

What text color works on medium blue?

White text has the higher contrast at 11.16:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text (4.5:1).