Blue color

Medium Blue #0000CD

#0000CD · rgb(0, 0, 205)

Medium Blue is the color #0000CD. In RGB it is rgb(0, 0, 205) — 0% red, 0% green and 80% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 100% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black, and in HSL it sits at 240° hue, 100% saturation and 40% lightness. Medium Blue is one of the 140 standard CSS / HTML color names, so color: medium-blue works in CSS. The closest web-safe color is #0000CC.

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Medium Blue color codes

Hex#0000CD
RGBrgb(0, 0, 205)
RGB %0%, 0%, 80%
HSLhsl(240, 100%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(100%, 100%, 0%, 20%)
OKLCHoklch(38% 0.266 264)
Closest web-safe#0000CC

Contrast

Contrast ratio of Medium Blue against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 11.16:1 Black text — 1.88:1

Shades, tints & tones

Shades — toward black
Tints — toward white
Tones — toward gray

Color harmonies

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Colors similar to Medium Blue

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