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#0047df

a dark, electric blue · cool · closest name: Slate Blue

Token name suggestion: Slate Sapphire

RGB
0, 71, 223
HSL
221°, 100%, 44%
CMYK
100, 68, 0, 13
Luminance
0.0983

#0047df is a dark electric blue, 221° on the wheel and 94/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (7.08:1). As text it scores 7.08:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Slate Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(221 100% 44%)rgb(0 71 223)Base step 700AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #0047df is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#0047df
Hue
221°
blue
Saturation
100%
electric
Lightness
44%
dark
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
36%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0983
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
94/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
7.08:1
Closest name
Slate Blue
ΔE2000 10.2
Chroma
91.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.478
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 12
Web-safe
#0033CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue221° of 360°
Saturation100%
Lightness44%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #0047df.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool94% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red0%
Green46%
Blue54%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#0047df
HEX (8-digit)#0047dfff
RGBrgb(0, 71, 223)
RGBArgba(0, 71, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(221, 100%, 44%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221, 100%, 87%)
HWBhwb(221 0% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(100%, 68%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(37.5 42.8 -81.0)
LCHlch(37.5 91.6 297.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.478 0.237 262.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(15.57, 9.83, 70.87)
Decimal18399
Display P3color(display-p3 0.000 0.278 0.875)
Web-safe#0033CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #0047df;
background-color: #0047df;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #0047df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#0047df] bg-[#0047df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #0047df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.000, green: 0.278, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.000, green: 0.278, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#0047DF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF0047DF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF0047DF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 71, 0)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(0, 71, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(0, 71, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 71, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.0000f, 0.2784f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{0,71,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #0047df 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #0047df 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#002980, #D3DBEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #0047df h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1F5FE;
  --brand-100: #E3EBFC;
  --brand-200: #C0D3FC;
  --brand-300: #8FB3FF;
  --brand-400: #578CFF;
  --brand-500: #1F66FF;
  --brand-600: #004EF5;
  --brand-700: #0047df;
  --brand-800: #0034A3;
  --brand-900: #052976;
  --brand-950: #031949;
  --brand: #0047df;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F6FA;
  --brand-border: #C0CEED;
  --brand-hover: #003CBB;
  --brand-pressed: #003097;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141924;
    --brand-ink: #D3DBEE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1F5FE',
        100: '#E3EBFC',
        200: '#C0D3FC',
        300: '#8FB3FF',
        400: '#578CFF',
        500: '#1F66FF',
        600: '#004EF5',
        700: '#0047df',
        800: '#0034A3',
        900: '#052976',
        950: '#031949',
        DEFAULT: '#0047df',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1F5FE,
  '100': #E3EBFC,
  '200': #C0D3FC,
  '300': #8FB3FF,
  '400': #578CFF,
  '500': #1F66FF,
  '600': #004EF5,
  '700': #0047df,
  '800': #0034A3,
  '900': #052976,
  '950': #031949,
);
$brand-base: #0047df;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1F5FE", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E3EBFC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C0D3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#8FB3FF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#578CFF", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#1F66FF", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#004EF5", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#0047df", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#0034A3", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#052976", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#031949", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #0047df · 7.08:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 7.08:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.97:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #0047df as text scores 7.08:1 on white and 2.97:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #E5EEFF at 6.07:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#0047df · 7.08:1
AA on whitealready passes
#0047df
The quick fox
#0047df · 7.08:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#0047df
The quick fox
#276CFF · 4.68:1
AA on black+14% L
#276CFF
The quick fox
#5F92FF · 7.04:1
AAA on black+25% L
#5F92FF

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #0047DF is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#0047df on white: 7.08:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#0047df on black: 2.97:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #0047df as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #0047df.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White7.08:1AaAa
Slate 506.77:1AaAa
Slate 1006.46:1AaAa
Slate 2005.74:1AaAa
Slate 3004.77:1AaAa
Slate 4002.76:1AaAa
Slate 5001.49:1AaAa
Slate 6001.07:1AaAa
Slate 7001.46:1AaAa
Slate 8002.07:1AaAa
Slate 9002.52:1AaAa
Black2.97:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0062E4
deuteranopia · #004FDC
tritanopia · #00728D

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #0047df is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1F5FE
#E3EBFC
#C0D3FC
#8FB3FF
#578CFF
#1F66FF
#004EF5
#0047df
#0034A3
#052976
#031949
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F1F5FEDarkest = 950 · #031949Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.059 262.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.095 262.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.142 262.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.185 262.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.218 262.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.237 262.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.237 262.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.223 262.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.199 262.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.166 262.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.130 262.8);
}

Colors that work with #0047df

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F4F6FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0CEED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B649B
Captions on the surface
Accent#DF6000
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#002980
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E5EEFF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141924
Dark-mode background
Hover#003CBB
One step down in lightness
Pressed#003097
Two steps down
Disabled#94A1BB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#004DF3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #0047df

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight56/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#DF9800
Analogous left#00B6DF
Analogous right#2800DF
Split-complement 1#DF2800
Split-complement 2#B6DF00
Triadic 1#DF0047
Triadic 2#47DF00
Tetradic#DF00B6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°221°

#0047df sits at 221°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red0.0%
Green27.8%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
0
0x00
G · 0–255
71
0x47
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan100.0%
Magenta68.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 181%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#0047df text on a black background

contrast 2.97:1

Card sample

#0047df text on a white background

contrast 7.08:1

Card sample

#0047df on grey

6.46:1

#0047df on its own surface

6.54:1

#0047df on its dark surface

2.48:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #0047df;
Background color
Panel with #0047df background
background-color: #0047df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #0047df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(0, 71, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(0, 71, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #0047df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0047df, #4E00DF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #0047df, #8500DF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #0047df;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #0047df;
caret-color: #0047df;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #0047df;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E5EEFF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #0047df;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#0047df 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #0047df over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(0, 71, 223, 0.5)
rgb(0 71 223 / 50%)
#0047df80
hsl(221 100% 44% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #0047df 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#0047df1a#E6EDFC
20%#0047df33#CCDAF9
40%#0047df66#99B5F2
60%#0047df99#6691EC
80%#0047dfcc#336CE5

Gradients from #0047df

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1D65FF, #0047df 45%, #002980);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #0047df, #5300C0);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #0047df, #DF9800);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #3C7AFF 0%, #0047df 45%, #002980 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F6FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #13E8FF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #4300FD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #002980 0%, transparent 65%), #0047df;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #0047df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#0047df in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 2.97:1 — lift it to #276CFF for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#0047df, answered

What color is #0047df?

#0047df is a dark electric blue, closest to Slate Blue (ΔE2000 10.2). It sits at 221° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 44% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #0047df?

rgb(0, 71, 223) — 0 red, 71 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 0% / 27.8% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #0047df in HSL and HSV?

hsl(221, 100%, 44%) and hsv(221, 100%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #0047df a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0983 and perceived brightness is 36%, so white text on it reaches 7.08:1.

Should I use black or white text on #0047df?

White. It scores 7.08:1 against #0047df, versus 2.97:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #0047df accessible on a white background?

#0047df on white scores 7.08:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #0047df?

#DF9800 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DF2800 and #B6DF00, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #0047df?

For interface work: #F4F6FA as the surface, #C0CEED for borders, #4B649B for secondary text, #DF6000 as an accent and #002980 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #00B6DF and #2800DF stays calm, while #DF9800 is the loudest partner.

What is #0047df in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(100%, 68%, 0%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #0047df warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 94 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #0B00DF; nudged cooler, #004DC5.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #0047df?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 12 away. That is a visible difference, so define #0047df as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #0047df in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#0047df] or text-[#0047df], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #0047df with 50% opacity?

rgba(0, 71, 223, 0.5), or #0047df80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #80A3EF; over black, #002470.

Is #0047df a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #0033CC, ΔE2000 5.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #0047df mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #0047df?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #1D65FF, #0047df 45%, #002980). For more colour, a short hue run to #5300C0 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #0047df in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #0047df at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.