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#014fcc

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

Token name suggestion: Dusk Sapphire

RGB
1, 79, 204
HSL
217°, 99%, 40%
CMYK
100, 61, 0, 20
Luminance
0.0996

#014fcc is a dark electric blue, 217° on the wheel and 96/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (7.02:1). As text it scores 7.02:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Royal Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(217 99% 40%)rgb(1 79 204)Base step 700AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #014fcc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#014fcc
Hue
217°
blue
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
40%
dark
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
36%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0996
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
96/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
7.02:1
Closest name
Royal Blue
ΔE2000 9.3
Chroma
76.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.474
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 12.3
Web-safe
#0066CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue217° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness40%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #014fcc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool96% 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%
Green56%
Blue44%

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

Every format

HEX#014fcc
HEX (8-digit)#014fccff
RGBrgb(1, 79, 204)
RGBArgba(1, 79, 204, 1)
HSLhsl(217, 99%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217, 100%, 80%)
HWBhwb(217 0% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(100%, 61%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(37.8 30.4 -69.7)
LCHlch(37.8 76.1 293.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.474 0.205 261.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.70, 9.96, 58.31)
Decimal85964
Display P3color(display-p3 0.004 0.310 0.800)
Web-safe#0066CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #014fcc;
background-color: #014fcc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #014fcc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#014fcc] bg-[#014fcc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #014fcc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.004, green: 0.310, blue: 0.800)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.004, green: 0.310, blue: 0.800, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#014FCC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF014FCC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF014FCC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(204, 79, 1)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(1, 79, 204)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(1, 79, 204)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 1, 79, 204)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.0039f, 0.3098f, 0.8000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{1,79,204}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #014fcc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #014fcc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#01317F, #D3DDEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #014fcc 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: #F1F6FE;
  --brand-100: #E3EDFC;
  --brand-200: #C0D7FB;
  --brand-300: #8FBAFE;
  --brand-400: #5898FE;
  --brand-500: #2075FE;
  --brand-600: #015FF4;
  --brand-700: #014fcc;
  --brand-800: #013FA2;
  --brand-900: #053075;
  --brand-950: #031E49;
  --brand: #014fcc;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F7FA;
  --brand-border: #C0D1ED;
  --brand-hover: #0141A8;
  --brand-pressed: #013485;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141A24;
    --brand-ink: #D3DDEE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1F6FE',
        100: '#E3EDFC',
        200: '#C0D7FB',
        300: '#8FBAFE',
        400: '#5898FE',
        500: '#2075FE',
        600: '#015FF4',
        700: '#014fcc',
        800: '#013FA2',
        900: '#053075',
        950: '#031E49',
        DEFAULT: '#014fcc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1F6FE,
  '100': #E3EDFC,
  '200': #C0D7FB,
  '300': #8FBAFE,
  '400': #5898FE,
  '500': #2075FE,
  '600': #015FF4,
  '700': #014fcc,
  '800': #013FA2,
  '900': #053075,
  '950': #031E49,
);
$brand-base: #014fcc;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1F6FE", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E3EDFC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C0D7FB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#8FBAFE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#5898FE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2075FE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#015FF4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#014fcc", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#013FA2", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#053075", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#031E49", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #014fcc · 7.02:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 7.02:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.99:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #014fcc as text scores 7.02:1 on white and 2.99:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #E6EFFF 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
#014fcc · 7.02:1
AA on whitealready passes
#014fcc
The quick fox
#014fcc · 7.02:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#014fcc
The quick fox
#126CFE · 4.60:1
AA on black+13% L
#126CFE
The quick fox
#5395FE · 7.10:1
AAA on black+26% L
#5395FE

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #014FCC 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
#014fcc on white: 7.02:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#014fcc on black: 2.99:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #014fcc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #014fcc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White7.02:1AaAa
Slate 506.71:1AaAa
Slate 1006.41:1AaAa
Slate 2005.69:1AaAa
Slate 3004.73:1AaAa
Slate 4002.74:1AaAa
Slate 5001.48:1AaAa
Slate 6001.08:1AaAa
Slate 7001.48:1AaAa
Slate 8002.08:1AaAa
Slate 9002.54:1AaAa
Black2.99:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0062D0
deuteranopia · #0051CA
tritanopia · #007086

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. #014fcc 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.

#F1F6FE
#E3EDFC
#C0D7FB
#8FBAFE
#5898FE
#2075FE
#015FF4
#014fcc
#013FA2
#053075
#031E49
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F1F6FEDarkest = 950 · #031E49Text step on white = 600
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 0.051 261.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.082 261.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.123 261.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.160 261.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.188 261.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.205 261.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.205 261.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.192 261.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.172 261.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.143 261.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.113 261.1);
}

Colors that work with #014fcc

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#F4F7FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0D1ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B6A9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CD4B00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#01317F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6EFFF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141A24
Dark-mode background
Hover#0141A8
One step down in lightness
Pressed#013485
Two steps down
Disabled#899AB4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#0057E1
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 #014fcc

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
  • Weight60/100
  • 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#CC7E01
Analogous left#01B5CC
Analogous right#1801CC
Split-complement 1#CC1801
Split-complement 2#B5CC01
Triadic 1#CC014F
Triadic 2#4FCC01
Tetradic#CC01B5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°217°

#014fcc sits at 217°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red0.4%
Green31.0%
Blue80.0%
R · 0–255
1
0x01
G · 0–255
79
0x4f
B · 0–255
204
0xcc

CMYK percentages

Cyan99.5%
Magenta61.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)20.0%

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

Color previews

#014fcc text on a black background

contrast 2.99:1

Card sample

#014fcc text on a white background

contrast 7.02:1

Card sample

#014fcc on grey

6.41:1

#014fcc on its own surface

6.53:1

#014fcc on its dark surface

2.49:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #014fcc;
Background color
Panel with #014fcc background
background-color: #014fcc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #014fcc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(1, 79, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(1, 79, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #014fcc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #014fcc, #3A01CC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #014fcc, #6D01CC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #014fcc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #014fcc;
caret-color: #014fcc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #014fcc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6EFFF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #014fcc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#014fcc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #014fcc 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(1, 79, 204, 0.5)
rgb(1 79 204 / 50%)
#014fcc80
hsl(217 99% 40% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #014fcc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#014fcc1a#E6EDFA
20%#014fcc33#CCDCF5
40%#014fcc66#99B9EB
60%#014fcc99#6795E0
80%#014fcccc#3472D6

Gradients from #014fcc

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, #0C69FE, #014fcc 45%, #01317F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #014fcc, #4001AE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #014fcc, #CC7E01);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #2B7CFE 0%, #014fcc 45%, #01317F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F7FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #02F6FE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #2F01EA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #01317F 0%, transparent 65%), #014fcc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #014fcc

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.

#014fcc 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 2.99:1 — lift it to #126CFE 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.

#014fcc, answered

What color is #014fcc?

#014fcc is a dark electric blue, closest to Royal Blue (ΔE2000 9.3). It sits at 217° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 40% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #014fcc?

rgb(1, 79, 204) — 1 red, 79 green and 204 blue out of 255, or 0.4% / 31% / 80% by channel.

What is #014fcc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(217, 99%, 40%) and hsv(217, 100%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #014fcc a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0996 and perceived brightness is 36%, so white text on it reaches 7.02:1.

Should I use black or white text on #014fcc?

White. It scores 7.02:1 against #014fcc, versus 2.99:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #014fcc accessible on a white background?

#014fcc on white scores 7.02:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #014fcc?

#CC7E01 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CC1801 and #B5CC01, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #014fcc?

For interface work: #F4F7FA as the surface, #C0D1ED for borders, #4B6A9B for secondary text, #CD4B00 as an accent and #01317F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #01B5CC and #1801CC stays calm, while #CC7E01 is the loudest partner.

What is #014fcc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(100%, 61%, 0%, 20%). 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 #014fcc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 96 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #0105CC; nudged cooler, #004DB4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #014fcc?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 12.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #014fcc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #014fcc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#014fcc] or text-[#014fcc], 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 #014fcc with 50% opacity?

rgba(1, 79, 204, 0.5), or #014fcc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #80A7E6; over black, #012866.

Is #014fcc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #0066CC, ΔE2000 8.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #014fcc 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 #014fcc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #0C69FE, #014fcc 45%, #01317F). For more colour, a short hue run to #4001AE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #014fcc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #014fcc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.