#2a6fe2

Color #2a6fe2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 6.07 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#2a6fe2

RGB

rgb(42, 111, 226)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 76%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 81.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.4%, 50.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(48.7, 20.31, -64.46)

LCH

lch(48.7, 67.58, 287.49)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.1885, 260.19)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 16.5%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e29d2a

Analogous

#2acbe2

#2a6fe2

#412ae2

Triadic

#2a6fe2

#e22a6f

#6fe22a

Split-complementary

#2a6fe2

#e2412a

#cbe22a

Tetradic

#2a6fe2

#9d2ae2

#e29d2a

#6fe22a

Square

#2a6fe2

#e22acb

#e29d2a

#2ae241

Shades

Color #2a6fe2 mixed toward black.

#1b5ac4

#15489d

#103676

#0b244f

#051227

Tints

Color #2a6fe2 mixed toward white.

#4d87e7

#719fec

#94b7f0

#b8cff5

#dbe7fa

Tones

Color #2a6fe2 mixed toward gray.

#3973d3

#4977c3

#587ab4

#677ea5

#778295

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.47:1

White text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5151ce · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#4d47c8 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#30bcb7 · ΔE 38.2

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2a6fe2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a6fe2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#2a6fe2 (#2a6fe2) is rgb(42, 111, 226) in RGB.

No, #2a6fe2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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