#2942b3

Color #2942b3

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 13.78 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#2942b3

RGB

rgb(41, 66, 179)

HSL

hsl(229.1, 62.7%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.1, 77.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.1%, 63.1%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(33.18, 31.65, -62.54)

LCH

lch(33.18, 70.09, 296.84)

OKLCH

oklch(43.6%, 0.181, 268.07)

HWB

hwb(229.1, 16.1%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b39a29

Analogous

#2987b3

#2942b3

#5529b3

Triadic

#2942b3

#b32942

#42b329

Split-complementary

#2942b3

#b35529

#87b329

Tetradic

#2942b3

#9a29b3

#b39a29

#42b329

Square

#2942b3

#b32987

#b39a29

#29b355

Shades

Color #2942b3 mixed toward black.

#223795

#1b2c77

#142159

#0e163c

#070b1e

Tints

Color #2942b3 mixed toward white.

#3a56d2

#6278db

#8999e4

#b0bbed

#d8ddf6

Tones

Color #2942b3 mixed toward gray.

#3449a7

#40519c

#4b5890

#575f85

#626779

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.52:1

White text reads better on this background (8.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3536a1 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#34329c · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#2b908c · ΔE 39

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2942b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2942b3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#2942b3 (#2942b3) is rgb(41, 66, 179) in RGB.

No, #2942b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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