#2a6f74

Color #2a6f74

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 10.61 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#2a6f74

RGB

rgb(42, 111, 116)

HSL

hsl(184.1, 46.8%, 31%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.1, 63.8%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(42.95, -19.69, -9.22)

LCH

lch(42.95, 21.74, 205.09)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.0685, 201.85)

HWB

hwb(184.1, 16.5%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#742f2a

Analogous

#2a7454

#2a6f74

#2a4a74

Triadic

#2a6f74

#742a6f

#6f742a

Split-complementary

#2a6f74

#742a4a

#74542a

Tetradic

#2a6f74

#2f2a74

#742f2a

#6f742a

Square

#2a6f74

#542a74

#742f2a

#4a742a

Shades

Color #2a6f74 mixed toward black.

#235c61

#1c4a4d

#15373a

#0e2527

#071213

Tints

Color #2a6f74 mixed toward white.

#3a989f

#53b9c1

#7ecbd0

#a9dce0

#d4eeef

Tones

Color #2a6f74 mixed toward gray.

#306a6e

#366468

#3d5f62

#435a5b

#495455

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.62:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515173 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#4d4773 · ΔE 27.7

Tritanopia

#307272 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a6f74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a6f74]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2a6f74 (#2a6f74) is rgb(42, 111, 116) in RGB.

No, #2a6f74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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