#00549E Color

#00549E is rgb(0, 84, 158) in RGB, hsl(208, 100%, 31%) in HSL, and about cmyk(100%, 47%, 0%, 38%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Medium Electric Blue (#035096), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 2.71. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#00549E

HEX#00549E

RGBrgb(0, 84, 158)

HSLhsl(208, 100%, 31%)

HSVhsv(208, 100%, 62%)

CMYKcmyk(100%, 47%, 0%, 38%)

OKLCHoklch(44.7% 0.139 253.2)

LABlab(34.86% 1.60 -47.14)

LCHlch(34.86% 47.16 271.94)

What #00549E Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #00549E, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Medium Electric Blue#035096ΔE 2.71 Iron Indigo#184FA1ΔE 6.76 Green-blue#1164B4ΔE 7.03 Yinmn Blue#2E5090ΔE 7.92 Traffic Blue#0E518DΔE 8.39 B'dazzled Blue#2E5894ΔE 9.29

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every blue in the library.

#00549E Channel Values

How #00549E breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 0 · G 84 · B 158	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 208° · S 100% · L 31%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 208° · S 100% · V 62%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 100% · M 47% · Y 0% · K 38%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	7.6:1 vs white · 2.76:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #00549E background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text7.6:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Fails AABlack text2.76:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #00549E

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #00549E; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous

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Triadic

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Split comp.

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Tints & Shades of #00549E

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #00549E.

How #00549E Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#00549E

Protanopia#4D4D9E

Protanomaly#3B509E

Deuteranopia#45459F

Deuteranomaly#354B9E

Tritanopia#006161

Tritanomaly#005C7E

Achromatopsia#545454

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Using #00549E in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-00549e: #00549E;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #00549E;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-00549e': '#00549E' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.000, green: 0.329, blue: 0.620)

Android XML<color name="color_00549e">#00549E</color>

SVG fillfill="#00549E"

More Blue Colors

#00549E sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

0057ad 0048ba 00598a 0047ab 006699 004285 0066cc 00416a 0066ff 0038a8 0067a5 0038a7 081335 162456 224fd8 3300ff 434c56 5946b2 6f63bb 88ace0 a4c0f4 c4d8e8 e3e0f5 00005c

#00549E Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #00549E?

#00549E is a dark blue — rgb(0, 84, 158) in RGB and hsl(208, 100%, 31%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Medium Electric Blue (#035096), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 2.71.

What is the RGB value of #00549E?

#00549E is rgb(0, 84, 158) — red 0, green 84, and blue 158 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #00549E?

#00549E converts to approximately cmyk(100%, 47%, 0%, 38%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #00549E be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #00549E scores 7.6:1 against white and 2.76:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #00549E as a CSS color keyword?

No. #00549E is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkslateblue (#483D8B) at a CIE76 distance of 20.8, which is visibly different.

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