#2b56ff

Color #2b56ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 23.61 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2b56ff

RGB

rgb(43, 86, 255)

HSL

hsl(227.8, 100%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.8, 83.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(44.78, 46.7, -87.11)

LCH

lch(44.78, 98.84, 298.2)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.2531, 266.1)

HWB

hwb(227.8, 16.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffd42b

Analogous

#2bc0ff

#2b56ff

#6a2bff

Triadic

#2b56ff

#ff2b56

#56ff2b

Split-complementary

#2b56ff

#ff6a2b

#c0ff2b

Tetradic

#2b56ff

#d42bff

#ffd42b

#56ff2b

Square

#2b56ff

#ff2bc0

#ffd42b

#2bff6a

Shades

Color #2b56ff mixed toward black.

#0032f8

#0028c7

#001e95

#001463

#000a32

Tints

Color #2b56ff mixed toward white.

#4e72ff

#728eff

#95aaff

#b8c7ff

#dce3ff

Tones

Color #2b56ff mixed toward gray.

#3d60ed

#4e6bdc

#6075ca

#7280b8

#838aa7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.88:1

White text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4242e5 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#3f3cde · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#2ecdc7 · ΔE 47.2

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 30.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2b56ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b56ff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#2b56ff (#2b56ff) is rgb(43, 86, 255) in RGB.

No, #2b56ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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