#224851

Color #224851

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#224851

RGB

rgb(34, 72, 81)

HSL

hsl(191.5, 40.9%, 22.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.5, 58%, 31.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(58%, 11.1%, 0%, 68.2%)

LAB

lab(28.3, -10.57, -9.51)

LCH

lch(28.3, 14.22, 221.98)

OKLCH

oklch(37.8%, 0.0457, 215.12)

HWB

hwb(191.5, 13.3%, 68.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#512b22

Analogous

#225142

#224851

#223051

Triadic

#224851

#512248

#485122

Split-complementary

#224851

#512230

#514222

Tetradic

#224851

#2b2251

#512b22

#485122

Square

#224851

#422251

#512b22

#305122

Shades

Color #224851 mixed toward black.

#1c3c43

#173036

#112428

#0b181b

#060c0d

Tints

Color #224851 mixed toward white.

#35717f

#499aae

#74b5c5

#a2ced8

#d1e6ec

Tones

Color #224851 mixed toward gray.

#26454d

#2a4349

#2e4145

#323e41

#353c3d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.11:1

White text reads better on this background (9.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#36374f · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#34314e · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#254d4d · ΔE 5.4

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #224851;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#224851]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#224851 (#224851) is rgb(34, 72, 81) in RGB.

No, #224851 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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