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Dodger Blue

Hex #1E90FF, rgb(30 144 255). A blue CSS named color.

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About Dodger Blue

Dodger Blue is a medium saturated blue with the hex code #1E90FF. In RGB it is made of 30 red, 144 green and 255 blue; in HSL its hue is 210°, with 100% saturation and 56% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 65.2%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "dodgerblue" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 3.24:1 and against black 6.49:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Dodger Blue mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

Tints (with white)

Shades (with black)

Tones (with gray)

Dodger Blue 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Dodger Blue

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

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Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Dodger Blue with white and black. The readable text color on Dodger Blue is black.

Dodger Blue textSmall text on white

On white3.24:1

  • AA fail
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc 59

Dodger Blue textSmall text on black

On black6.49:1

  • AA pass
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -43

Black text on Dodger Blue (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Dodger Blue appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

  • Protanopia#5599FF
  • Deuteranopia#2386FD
  • Tritanopia#00ABBB
  • Protanomaly#4895FF
  • Deuteranomaly#288AFE
  • Tritanomaly#009CE3
  • Achromatopsia#8F8F8F

Colors similar to Dodger Blue

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Dodger Blue in CSS and Tailwind

CSS
.dodger-blue {
  color: dodgerblue; /* #1E90FF */
  background-color: rgb(30 144 255);
  border-color: oklch(65.2% 0.19 253.2);
}
Tailwind CSS
/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-dodger-blue-500, text-dodger-blue-700... */
@theme {
  --color-dodger-blue-50: #F7FAFF;
  --color-dodger-blue-100: #E3F0FF;
  --color-dodger-blue-200: #C7E0FF;
  --color-dodger-blue-300: #9BC9FF;
  --color-dodger-blue-400: #5AA7FF;
  --color-dodger-blue-500: #1E90FF;
  --color-dodger-blue-600: #007AE1;
  --color-dodger-blue-700: #0061B5;
  --color-dodger-blue-800: #004D92;
  --color-dodger-blue-900: #033E76;
  --color-dodger-blue-950: #001631;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#1E90FF] text-[#000000]">…</div>