#2899cb

Color #2899cb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.98 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#2899cb

RGB

rgb(40, 153, 203)

HSL

hsl(198.4, 67.1%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.4, 80.3%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(59.47, -13.55, -34.38)

LCH

lch(59.47, 36.95, 248.49)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.1214, 233.04)

HWB

hwb(198.4, 15.7%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb5a28

Analogous

#28cbab

#2899cb

#2847cb

Triadic

#2899cb

#cb2899

#99cb28

Split-complementary

#2899cb

#cb2847

#cbab28

Tetradic

#2899cb

#5a28cb

#cb5a28

#99cb28

Square

#2899cb

#ab28cb

#cb5a28

#47cb28

Shades

Color #2899cb mixed toward black.

#217fa9

#1b6687

#144c65

#0d3344

#071922

Tints

Color #2899cb mixed toward white.

#45adda

#6abde2

#8fcee9

#b5def0

#daeff8

Tones

Color #2899cb mixed toward gray.

#3694bd

#438eb0

#5189a2

#5e8495

#6c7f87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6dc0 · ΔE 22.9

Deuteranopia

#665dbe · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#35b8b5 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2899cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2899cb]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#2899cb (#2899cb) is rgb(40, 153, 203) in RGB.

No, #2899cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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