#2b2b49

Color #2b2b49

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18.63 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#2b2b49

RGB

rgb(43, 43, 73)

HSL

hsl(240, 25.9%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 41.1%, 28.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.1%, 41.1%, 0%, 71.4%)

LAB

lab(18.9, 8.69, -18.66)

LCH

lch(18.9, 20.58, 294.97)

OKLCH

oklch(30.4%, 0.0536, 282.71)

HWB

hwb(240, 16.9%, 71.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#49492b

Analogous

#2b3a49

#2b2b49

#3a2b49

Triadic

#2b2b49

#492b2b

#2b492b

Split-complementary

#2b2b49

#493a2b

#3a492b

Tetradic

#2b2b49

#492b49

#49492b

#2b492b

Square

#2b2b49

#492b3a

#49492b

#2b493a

Shades

Color #2b2b49 mixed toward black.

#24243d

#1d1d31

#151524

#0e0e18

#07070c

Tints

Color #2b2b49 mixed toward white.

#434372

#5c5c9c

#8383b6

#acacce

#d6d6e7

Tones

Color #2b2b49 mixed toward gray.

#2d2d46

#303044

#323241

#35353f

#37373c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.54:1

White text reads better on this background (13.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2b2b43 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#2b2b42 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#2b3e3d · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#2e2e2e · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b2b49;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b2b49]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#2b2b49 (#2b2b49) is rgb(43, 43, 73) in RGB.

No, #2b2b49 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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