Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Ocean Blue

Ocean Blue is a vibrant and jewel tone blue color with HEX #0077BE. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 0, 119, 190, HSL 202, 100%, 37%, cool temperature, and is useful for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design.

#0077BE blue cool vibrantjewel-tone
HEX #0077BE
RGB rgb(0, 119, 190)
HSL hsl(202 100% 37%)
CMYK cmyk(100, 37, 0, 25)
Luminance 0.1691
Contrast Black 4.38:1White 4.79:1

CSS Utilities

--color-ocean-blue: #0077BE;
.bg-ocean-blue { background-color: #0077BE; }
.text-ocean-blue { color: #0077BE; }
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
Luminance0.1691
Black text4.38:1AA Fail
White text4.79:1AA 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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WCAG
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Harmonies
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Variants
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Pairings
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Knowledge graph
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Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Ocean Blue Color

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

Its common associations include trust, clarity, and calm, which makes it relevant for technology and finance. In design work, Ocean Blue is most useful for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design, 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.Ocean Blue accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #0077BE.Ocean Blue CSS utilitiesUse Ocean Blue in CSS variables and utility classes.#0077BE HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Ocean Blue paletteOpen the generated palette based on Ocean Blue.Ocean Blue harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Ocean Blue against black and white text.

Black text4.38:1AA Fail
White text4.79:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Anodized Blue#0066CC
Cerulean#007BA7
Safety Blue#0067A5
Denim#1560BD
Signal Blue#0057B8

Color Harmonies

#BD4500#BD4500
#00BDA4#00BDA4
#0019BD#0019BD
#BD0078#BD0078
#78BD00#78BD00
Open full Ocean Blue harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#1AABFF#1AABFF
#003D61#003D61
#0078BD#0078BD
#1572A8#1572A8
#4CB4F0#4CB4F0
#0091E6#0091E6

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#BD4500#BD4500
#00BDA4#00BDA4
#0019BD#0019BD
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5