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A comprehensive guide to hex color #0000ea

About hex color #0000ea - near-Blue

Hex color #0000ea is close to the color named "Blue". It's labeled as "blue". When humans think of blue in ads, the following may come to mind: water, coldness, human life, energy, and maturity. The color typically isn't associated with clothing. Pinboard is using a color close to Blue in their branding. (Explore brands using Blue).

In RGB colorspace, the hexadecimal color #0000ea is created using 0% red, 0% green, and 91.8% blue. In CMYK colorspace, you can make the color using 100% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow, and 8.2% black.

RGB Composition
    R   G   B    
CMYK Composition
  C   M   Y   K  

#0000ea is made up of R: 0, G: 0, B: 234 in RGB colorspace and C: 100, M:100, Y:0, K:8.24 in CMYK colorspace. Its decimal value is 234 and the closest web-safe color code to it is #0000ff. Its closest named color is "Blue". White should be used ontop of #0000ea to ensure the best legibility.

Here's a color conversion chart. It contains technical information about the hex color #0000ea. If you're a programmer, view the code snippets section for prepared language syntax.

hex #0000ea
Websafe hex #0000ff
rgb 0, 0, 234
rgb percent (%) 0%, 0%, 91.41%
rgba R: 0, G: 0, B: 234, A: 1.0
hsv 240, 100, 45.88
hsb 240, 100, 91.76
luma 26.442
Black or white text? #ffffff
Adobe RGB 3, 0, 229
Closest named color Blue
Hunter-Lab 24.37, 68.49, -181.22
CIE-L*ab 29.26, 74.21, -101.07
CIE-L*Ch(ab) 29.26, 125.39, 306.29
CIE-L*uv 29.26, -8.52, -118.09°

Some colors work better together. Here, you'll find color harmonies and schemes specific to the hex color #0000ea. These color palettes have been mathematically proven to pair well in designs.


The Complimentary color scheme is made up of two colors. These two colors are opposite one another in the color spectrum. The first color is called the "base" #0000ea and the second color is called the "compliment" #e9e900.



Split Complimentary

The Split Complimentary color scheme is made up of three colors. The base color #0000ea is paired with the two colors to the left and the right of compliment color #e9e900.

Design Tip: The Split Complimentary color scheme offers most of the contrast of the Complimentary Color scheme but without being as intense.
















Seeing darker, lighter, and tinted variations of the hex color #0000ea can help you with your creative processes. Remember, you can click on a color to be taken to its own page full of unique color information.

Darker shades

Darker shades are produced by blending #0000ea with black #000000.


Lighter shades

Lighter shades are produced by blending #0000ea with white #FFFFFF.



Tones are produced by blending #0000ea with gray #808080.


A color gradient may also be known as color progression or a color ramp. A gradient is the gradual transition of one color into another. This section showcases gradients featuring #0000ea as the base color. The secondary colors come from the Color Harmonies section above.



Seeing #0000ea on a computer or phone screen is much different than how it may appear in the real world. Shown here are 20 different environment types and how #0000ea could potentially look inside each of them, given perfect conditions. For example, #0000ea appears as #4300df when in northern sky daylight and as #0015ff when in cool fluorescent.

Old direct sunlight at noon
Old daylight
ICC profile PCS
Mid-morning daylight
Daylight, sRGB, Adobe-RGB
North sky daylight
Equal energy
Daylight Fluorescent
Cool fluorescent
White Fluorescent
Warm White Fluorescent
Daylight Fluorescent
Lite White Fluorescent
Daylight fluorescent, D65 simulator
Sylvania F40, D50 simulator
Cool White Fluorescent
Ultralume 50, Philips TL85
Ultralume 40, Philips TL84
Ultralume 30, Philips TL83
Data used in calculating these colors comes courtesy of Easy RGB.


Closest named colors to #0000ea


Medium blue
Ultramarine blue (Caran d'Ache)
Interdimensional blue
Electric ultramarine

Furthest named colors to #0000ea

Looking for something completely different? Try a well-documented complimentary color. The named colors below have been calculated to be the furthest colors from #0000ea. Click on the colors to explore their unique information.

Lemon glacier
Neon yellow
Yellow Sunshine
Cadmium yellow
Christmas yellow
Yellow rose

Colors are important to brands and the messages they convey. Brand recognition and colors go hand-in-hand. Knowing what brands are using #0000ea, or a color similar, can help you in determining whether the color is appropriate to your design.

Pinboard uses the color #0000e6



HTML, CSS #0000ea
Java new Color(0, 0, 234)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 234);
Objective-C [UIColor colorWithRed:0 green:0 blue:0.9176 alpha:1.00000];
OpenGL glColor3f(0f, 0f, 0.9176f);
Swift UIColor(red:0, green:0, blue:0.9176, alpha:1.00000)
GameMaker Language (GML) $EA0000
Python Color('#0000ea')

This useful chart contains technical information about the hexadecimal color #0000ea. For example, the direct decimal conversion is 234 while the individual RGB conversions are: 0, 0, 234.


If you're considering using #0000ea in a logo or design, you can quickly reference below to see how various symbols, icons, and emblems look.

Icons courtesy of Font Awesome.

We learned earlier that White-colored text should be used on a #0000ea colored background for best readability. But, you can be the judge of that by looking at the examples below.

This text is hex color #0000ea on a solid black (#000000) background.

This text is hex color #0000ea on a solid white (#ffffff) background.

This text is solid black (#000000) on a solid hex color #0000ea background.

This text is solid white (#ffffff) on a solid hex color #0000ea background.

This text is hex color #0000ea on a striped black (#000000) and white (#ffffff) background.

This text is hex color #0000ea on a striped gray (#808080) and white (#ffffff) background.

This text is solid black (#000000) on a striped hex color #0000ea and white (#ffffff) background.

This text is solid white (#ffffff) on a striped hex color #0000ea and white (#ffffff) background.

Patterns courtesy of Hero Patterns.



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