#1D00C5

A dark, vivid blue closely aligning with Mediumblue.

About #1D00C5

When working with digital screens, the color #1D00C5 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 29 red, 0 green, and 197 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 85% cyan and 100% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 248.8 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. 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#1D00C5
RGB29, 0, 197
HSL248.8°, 100.0%, 38.6%
CMYK85%, 100%, 0%, 23%
HSV248.8°, 100.0%, 77.3%
LAB24.6, 65.5, -87.4
XYZ10.6, 4.3, 53.1
Decimal1900741

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

11.30:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.86:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
10.80:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.58:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #1D00C5; }
.text-color { color: #1D00C5; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #1D00C5; }

Similar Colors

Mediumblue
#0000CD