Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Anodized Blue

Anodized Blue is a vibrant and jewel tone blue color with HEX #0066CC. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 0, 102, 204, HSL 210, 100%, 40%, cool temperature, and is useful for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes.

#0066CC blue cool vibrantjewel-tone
HEX #0066CC
RGB rgb(0, 102, 204)
HSL hsl(210 100% 40%)
CMYK cmyk(100, 50, 0, 20)
Luminance 0.1386
Contrast Black 3.77:1White 5.57:1

CSS Utilities

--color-anodized-blue: #0066CC;
.bg-anodized-blue { background-color: #0066CC; }
.text-anodized-blue { color: #0066CC; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1386
Black text3.77:1AA Fail
White text5.57:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{
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    102,
    204
  ],
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    100,
    40
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    50,
    0,
    20
  ],
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  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#CC6600",
  "analogous": [
    "#00CCCC",
    "#0000CC"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#CC0066",
    "#66CC00"
  ],
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    "#CC00CC",
    "#CC6600",
    "#00CC00"
  ],
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    "#CC0000",
    "#CCCC00"
  ],
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    "#2994FF",
    "#0066CC",
    "#003870"
  ]
}
Variants
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  "light": "#2994FF",
  "dark": "#003870",
  "saturated": "#0066CC",
  "desaturated": "#1666B6",
  "pastel": "#5AA6F2",
  "neon": "#007AF5"
}
Pairings
{
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    "#CC6600",
    "#00CCCC",
    "#0000CC"
  ],
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    "#2994FF"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#2994FF",
    "#1666B6"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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  ],
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  ],
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    ]
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  "name": "Anodized Blue",
  "hex": "#0066CC",
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  ],
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    ],
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      "signage"
    ],
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      "soft wellness palettes"
    ]
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  "confidence": "medium",
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  },
  "family": "blue",
  "temperature": "cool",
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  ],
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  },
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      "#2994FF"
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      "#F5F5F5",
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      "#FFFFFF"
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      "#2994FF",
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Anodized Blue Color

Anodized Blue sits in the blue family with cool temperature and vibrant and jewel tone visual character. Anodized Blue is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include utility, visibility, and precision, which makes it relevant for transportation and tools. In design work, Anodized Blue is most useful for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Blue color familyBrowse named blue colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Vibrant colorsFind colors with vibrant visual character.Jewel Tone colorsFind colors with jewel tone visual character.Anodized Blue accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #0066CC.Anodized Blue CSS utilitiesUse Anodized Blue in CSS variables and utility classes.#0066CC HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Anodized Blue paletteOpen the generated palette based on Anodized Blue.Anodized Blue harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Anodized Blue against black and white text.

Black text3.77:1AA Fail
White text5.57:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Ocean Blue#0077BE
Signal Blue#0057B8
Denim#1560BD
Sapphire#0F52BA
Safety Blue#0067A5

Color Harmonies

#CC6600#CC6600
Robin Egg Blue#00CCCC
#0000CC#0000CC
#CC0066#CC0066
#66CC00#66CC00
Open full Anodized Blue harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#2994FF#2994FF
#003870#003870
Anodized Blue#0066CC
#1666B6#1666B6
#5AA6F2#5AA6F2
#007AF5#007AF5

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#CC6600#CC6600
Robin Egg Blue#00CCCC
#0000CC#0000CC
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5