#2b2866

Color #2b2866

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.34 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#2b2866

RGB

rgb(43, 40, 102)

HSL

hsl(242.9, 43.7%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.9, 60.8%, 40%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.8%, 60.8%, 0%, 60%)

LAB

lab(20, 20.91, -36.22)

LCH

lch(20, 41.82, 300)

OKLCH

oklch(31.9%, 0.1057, 280.75)

HWB

hwb(242.9, 15.7%, 60%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#636628

Analogous

#284466

#2b2866

#4a2866

Triadic

#2b2866

#662b28

#28662b

Split-complementary

#2b2866

#664a28

#446628

Tetradic

#2b2866

#662863

#636628

#28662b

Square

#2b2866

#662844

#636628

#28664a

Shades

Color #2b2866 mixed toward black.

#242155

#1d1b44

#151433

#0e0d22

#070711

Tints

Color #2b2866 mixed toward white.

#3d3992

#544fba

#7f7bcb

#a9a7dc

#d4d3ee

Tones

Color #2b2866 mixed toward gray.

#302d61

#34325c

#393756

#3e3d51

#42424c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.6:1

White text reads better on this background (13.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a5c · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#2a2a59 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#2b5250 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#303030 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b2866;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b2866]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#2b2866 (#2b2866) is rgb(43, 40, 102) in RGB.

No, #2b2866 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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