Palettes / Colors / #045581

#045581 — Deep Vivid Blue

#045581 is a blue color we call Deep 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 #045581 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.

#045581 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 #813004; it also sits naturally between #04816E and #041781. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 2% · Green 33% · Blue 51%

Cyan 97% · Magenta 34% · Yellow 0% · Key 49%

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

Previews

CSS code for #045581

.text { color: #045581; }
.background { background-color: #045581; }
.border { border: 3px solid #045581; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(4, 85, 129); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(201, 94%, 26%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #045581; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(4, 85, 129, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #045581; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(4, 85, 129, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#045581">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#045581">Div content here</div>

Shades of #045581

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #813004:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #045581: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #045581

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:

How #045581 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #045581 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #045581?

#045581 is Deep Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 4, 85, 129). Its closest standard named color is Teal.

What is the RGB and HSL of #045581?

#045581 is RGB 4, 85, 129 — HSL 201°, 94%, 26% — CMYK 97%, 34%, 0%, 49%.

What colors go with #045581?

Its complement is #813004; analogous partners are #04816E and #041781. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #045581 for text?

White text on #045581 has a contrast ratio of 8.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.62:1.