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#1d2db5

a dark, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Medium Blue

Token name suggestion: Shadow Cobalt

RGB
29, 45, 181
HSL
234°, 72%, 41%
CMYK
84, 75, 0, 29
Luminance
0.0547

#1d2db5 is a dark vivid blue, 234° on the wheel and 87/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (10.02:1). As text it scores 10.02:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(234 72% 41%)rgb(29 45 181)Base step 700AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #1d2db5 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#1d2db5
Hue
234°
blue
Saturation
72%
vivid
Lightness
41%
dark
Brightness
71%
HSV value
Perceived
28%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0547
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
87/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
10.02:1
Closest name
Medium Blue
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
84.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.398
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 19.3
Web-safe
#3333CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue234° of 360°
Saturation72%
Lightness41%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #1d2db5.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool87% 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
Red5%
Green34%
Blue61%

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

Every format

HEX#1d2db5
HEX (8-digit)#1d2db5ff
RGBrgb(29, 45, 181)
RGBArgba(29, 45, 181, 1)
HSLhsl(234, 72%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234, 84%, 71%)
HWBhwb(234 11% 29%)
CMYKcmyk(84%, 75%, 0%, 29%)
LABlab(28.0 44.5 -72.2)
LCHlch(28.0 84.8 301.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.398 0.209 268.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(9.78, 5.47, 44.25)
Decimal1912245
Display P3color(display-p3 0.114 0.176 0.710)
Web-safe#3333CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #1d2db5;
background-color: #1d2db5;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #1d2db5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#1d2db5] bg-[#1d2db5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #1d2db5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.114, green: 0.176, blue: 0.710)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.114, green: 0.176, blue: 0.710, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#1D2DB5</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF1D2DB5)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF1D2DB5)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(181, 45, 29)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(29, 45, 181)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(29, 45, 181)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 29, 45, 181)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1137f, 0.1765f, 0.7098f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{29,45,181}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #1d2db5 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #1d2db5 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#121B6E, #D3D6EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #1d2db5 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: #F3F4FC;
  --brand-100: #E7E9F8;
  --brand-200: #C9CDF3;
  --brand-300: #9EA7F0;
  --brand-400: #6E7BE8;
  --brand-500: #3E4FE0;
  --brand-600: #2234D3;
  --brand-700: #1d2db5;
  --brand-800: #17238D;
  --brand-900: #141D66;
  --brand-950: #0D1240;
  --brand: #1d2db5;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F5FA;
  --brand-border: #C0C4ED;
  --brand-hover: #182596;
  --brand-pressed: #131E78;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141524;
    --brand-ink: #D3D6EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3F4FC',
        100: '#E7E9F8',
        200: '#C9CDF3',
        300: '#9EA7F0',
        400: '#6E7BE8',
        500: '#3E4FE0',
        600: '#2234D3',
        700: '#1d2db5',
        800: '#17238D',
        900: '#141D66',
        950: '#0D1240',
        DEFAULT: '#1d2db5',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3F4FC,
  '100': #E7E9F8,
  '200': #C9CDF3,
  '300': #9EA7F0,
  '400': #6E7BE8,
  '500': #3E4FE0,
  '600': #2234D3,
  '700': #1d2db5,
  '800': #17238D,
  '900': #141D66,
  '950': #0D1240,
);
$brand-base: #1d2db5;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3F4FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7E9F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C9CDF3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9EA7F0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6E7BE8", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3E4FE0", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2234D3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1d2db5", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#17238D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#141D66", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0D1240", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #1d2db5 · 10.02:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 10.02:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.09:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #1d2db5 as text scores 10.02:1 on white and 2.09:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #E9EBFB at 8.47:1.

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
#1d2db5 · 10.02:1
AA on whitealready passes
#1d2db5
The quick fox
#1d2db5 · 10.02:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#1d2db5
The quick fox
#5D6BE5 · 4.70:1
AA on black+22% L
#5D6BE5
The quick fox
#8590EB · 7.19:1
AAA on black+31% L
#8590EB

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #1D2DB5 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
#1d2db5 on white: 10.02:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#1d2db5 on black: 2.09:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #1d2db5 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #1d2db5.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White10.02:1AaAa
Slate 509.58:1AaAa
Slate 1009.15:1AaAa
Slate 2008.13:1AaAa
Slate 3006.75:1AaAa
Slate 4003.91:1AaAa
Slate 5002.11:1AaAa
Slate 6001.32:1AaAa
Slate 7001.03:1AaAa
Slate 8001.46:1AaAa
Slate 9001.78:1AaAa
Black2.09:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #004AB9
deuteranopia · #003AB3
tritanopia · #00556F

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. #1d2db5 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.

#F3F4FC
#E7E9F8
#C9CDF3
#9EA7F0
#6E7BE8
#3E4FE0
#2234D3
#1d2db5
#17238D
#141D66
#0D1240
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F3F4FCDarkest = 950 · #0D1240Text 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 0.052 268.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.084 268.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.126 268.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.163 268.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.193 268.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.209 268.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.209 268.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.197 268.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.176 268.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.147 268.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.115 268.0);
}

Colors that work with #1d2db5

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#F4F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0C4ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B539B
Captions on the surface
Accent#B98019
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#121B6E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9EBFB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141524
Dark-mode background
Hover#182596
One step down in lightness
Pressed#131E78
Two steps down
Disabled#8D91B6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#1428D2
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 #1d2db5

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight59/100
  • 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#B5A51D
Analogous left#1D79B5
Analogous right#591DB5
Split-complement 1#B5591D
Split-complement 2#79B51D
Triadic 1#B51D2D
Triadic 2#2DB51D
Tetradic#B51D79
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°234°

#1d2db5 sits at 234°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red11.4%
Green17.6%
Blue71.0%
R · 0–255
29
0x1d
G · 0–255
45
0x2d
B · 0–255
181
0xb5

CMYK percentages

Cyan84.0%
Magenta75.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)29.0%

Total ink coverage is 188%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#1d2db5 text on a black background

contrast 2.09:1

Card sample

#1d2db5 text on a white background

contrast 10.02:1

Card sample

#1d2db5 on grey

9.15:1

#1d2db5 on its own surface

9.21:1

#1d2db5 on its dark surface

1.80:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #1d2db5;
Background color
Panel with #1d2db5 background
background-color: #1d2db5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #1d2db5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(29, 45, 181, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(29, 45, 181, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #1d2db5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1d2db5, #721DB5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1d2db5, #981DB5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #1d2db5;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #1d2db5;
caret-color: #1d2db5;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #1d2db5;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9EBFB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #1d2db5;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#1d2db5 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #1d2db5 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(29, 45, 181, 0.5)
rgb(29 45 181 / 50%)
#1d2db580
hsl(234 72% 41% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #1d2db5 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#1d2db51a#E8EAF8
20%#1d2db533#D2D5F0
40%#1d2db566#A5ABE1
60%#1d2db599#7781D3
80%#1d2db5cc#4A57C4

Gradients from #1d2db5

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, #3143DE, #1d2db5 45%, #121B6E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #1d2db5, #6D199B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1d2db5, #B5A51D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #4C5BE2 0%, #1d2db5 45%, #121B6E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #28A4DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #7521D0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #121B6E 0%, transparent 65%), #1d2db5;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #1d2db5

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.

#1d2db5 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 2.09:1 — lift it to #5D6BE5 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.

#1d2db5, answered

What color is #1d2db5?

#1d2db5 is a dark vivid blue, closest to Medium Blue (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 234° on the hue wheel with 72% saturation and 41% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #1d2db5?

rgb(29, 45, 181) — 29 red, 45 green and 181 blue out of 255, or 11.4% / 17.6% / 71% by channel.

What is #1d2db5 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(234, 72%, 41%) and hsv(234, 84%, 71%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #1d2db5 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0547 and perceived brightness is 28%, so white text on it reaches 10.02:1.

Should I use black or white text on #1d2db5?

White. It scores 10.02:1 against #1d2db5, versus 2.09:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #1d2db5 accessible on a white background?

#1d2db5 on white scores 10.02:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #1d2db5?

#B5A51D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B5591D and #79B51D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #1d2db5?

For interface work: #F4F5FA as the surface, #C0C4ED for borders, #4B539B for secondary text, #B98019 as an accent and #121B6E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #1D79B5 and #591DB5 stays calm, while #B5A51D is the loudest partner.

What is #1d2db5 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(84%, 75%, 0%, 29%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #1d2db5 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 87 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #451DB5; nudged cooler, #1B4BB7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #1d2db5?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 19.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #1d2db5 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #1d2db5 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#1d2db5] or text-[#1d2db5], 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 #1d2db5 with 50% opacity?

rgba(29, 45, 181, 0.5), or #1d2db580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #8E96DA; over black, #0F175B.

Is #1d2db5 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #3333CC, ΔE2000 4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #1d2db5 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 #1d2db5?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #3143DE, #1d2db5 45%, #121B6E). For more colour, a short hue run to #6D199B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #1d2db5 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #1d2db5 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.