#0F506D

A dark, vivid blue closely aligning with Darkslategray.

About #0F506D

When working with digital screens, the color #0F506D is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkslategray. Its digital footprint relies on 15 parts red, 80 parts green, and 109 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 86% cyan and 27% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 198.5° hue, 75.8% saturation, and 24.3% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#0F506D
RGB15, 80, 109
HSL198.5°, 75.8%, 24.3%
CMYK86%, 27%, 0%, 57%
HSV198.5°, 86.2%, 42.7%
LAB31.7, -8.4, -22.2
XYZ5.8, 6.9, 15.5
Decimal1003629

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

8.79:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.39:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
8.40:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.03:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #0F506D; }
.text-color { color: #0F506D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #0F506D; }

Similar Colors

Darkslategray
#2F4F4F