#2859e2

Color #2859e2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 12.73 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2859e2

RGB

rgb(40, 89, 226)

HSL

hsl(224.2, 76.2%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.2, 82.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(42.89, 34.19, -73.91)

LCH

lch(42.89, 81.43, 294.82)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.2148, 264.68)

HWB

hwb(224.2, 15.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2b128

Analogous

#28b6e2

#2859e2

#5428e2

Triadic

#2859e2

#e22859

#59e228

Split-complementary

#2859e2

#e25428

#b6e228

Tetradic

#2859e2

#b128e2

#e2b128

#59e228

Square

#2859e2

#e228b6

#e2b128

#28e254

Shades

Color #2859e2 mixed toward black.

#1a47c3

#15399c

#102b75

#0b1c4e

#050e27

Tints

Color #2859e2 mixed toward white.

#4c75e7

#7090ec

#94acf0

#b7c8f5

#dbe3fa

Tones

Color #2859e2 mixed toward gray.

#3860d3

#4768c3

#576fb4

#6676a4

#767e95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.62:1

White text reads better on this background (5.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4243cc · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#403cc6 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#2cb7b2 · ΔE 43.1

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 28.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #2859e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2859e2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#2859e2 (#2859e2) is rgb(40, 89, 226) in RGB.

No, #2859e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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