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#024FA5 — Vivid Blue

#024FA5 is a blue color we call Vivid Blue, closest to the named color Teal (#008080). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: teal (#008080) — not an exact match. CSS teal gives you #008080, a different color; use #024FA5 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#024FA5 is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A75A02; it also sits naturally between #02A1A7 and #0702A7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#024FA5 · RGB 2, 79, 165

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Color values

HEX#024FA5
RGB2, 79, 165
HSL212°, 98%, 33%
HSV212°, 99%, 65%
CMYK99%, 52%, 0%, 35%
XYZ9.61, 8.32, 36.70
Yxy8.32, 0.1760, 0.1523
CIE-Lab34.64, 14.66, -51.87
Hunter Lab28.85, 10.71, -58.99

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 1% · Green 31% · Blue 65%

Cyan 99% · Magenta 52% · Yellow 0% · Key 35%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #024FA5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #024FA5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #024FA5

.text { color: #024FA5; }
.background { background-color: #024FA5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #024FA5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(2, 79, 165); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(212, 98%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #024FA5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(2, 79, 165, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #024FA5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(2, 79, 165, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#024FA5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#024FA5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #024FA5

#024897#014088#013979#01326A#012D60#012651#011F42#011832#001123#000A14

Tints of #024FA5

#025DC5#026EE8#0D7DFD#2B8DFD#4EA0FD#6DB0FE#8BC1FE#A9D1FE#CDE4FE#EBF4FF

Tones of #024FA5

#0D4F9B#19508F#255183#315277#3D536C#485360

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A75A02:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text7.88:1 AAA
Against black text2.66:1 Fails

Best text color on #024FA5: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #024FA5

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #024FA5: ·

How #024FA5 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #232490Deuteranopia · #1F198BTritanopia · #06807C

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind sky 600 · #0284C7Material Indigo 500 · #3F51B5Tailwind cyan 600 · #0891B2

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #024FA5 rather than the exact color:

Palette 091057
#091057 · #024CAA · #EC8305 · #DBD3D3
Palette E3f2fd
#E3F2FD · #90CAF9 · #2196F3 · #0D47A1
Palette 1e0342
#1E0342 · #0E46A3 · #9AC8CD · #E1F7F5
Palette 001a6e
#001A6E · #074799 · #009990 · #E1FFBB
Velvet Ruby Marble
#134FA9 · #4D1CE5 · #DA5AEC · #F4A0C9
Palette 191d88
#191D88 · #1450A3 · #337CCF · #FFC436

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#024CAA#0D47A1#0E46A3#074799#134FA9#1450A3#0D5EA6#0D5798#10439F#0F429E#005F99#0A5EB0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #024FA4  ·  #024FA6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #024FA5?

#024FA5 is Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 2, 79, 165). Its closest standard named color is Teal.

What is the RGB and HSL of #024FA5?

#024FA5 is RGB 2, 79, 165 — HSL 212°, 98%, 33% — CMYK 99%, 52%, 0%, 35%.

What colors go with #024FA5?

Its complement is #A75A02; analogous partners are #02A1A7 and #0702A7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #024FA5 for text?

White text on #024FA5 has a contrast ratio of 7.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.66:1.