HEX Color #0057BD (Royalblue)

About #0057BD

Visually, #0057BD is defined as a vivid blue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Royalblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 0, 87, and 189.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 100% cyan and 54% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 212.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#0057BD

RGB0, 87, 189

HSL212.4°, 100.0%, 37.1%

CMYK100%, 54%, 0%, 26%

HSV212.4°, 100.0%, 74.1%

LAB38.7, 19.1, -59.5

XYZ12.6, 10.5, 49.5

Decimal22461

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#0057BD #BD6500

Analogous

#00B5BD #0700BD

Triadic

#BD0057 #57BD00

Tetradic

#BD00B5 #BD6500 #00BD07

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#0057BD

#1C69C4

#387CCB

#558FD3

#71A1DA

#8DB4E1

#AAC7E9

#C6D9F0

#E2ECF7

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#0057BD

#004DA8

#004393

#003A7E

#003069

#002654

#001D3F

#00132A

#000915

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.78:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.10:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

6.48:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

2.63:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #0057BD; }

.text-color { color: #0057BD; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #0057BD; }

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