#2d8f9f

Color #2d8f9f

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 11.48 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#2d8f9f

RGB

rgb(45, 143, 159)

HSL

hsl(188.4, 55.9%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.4, 71.7%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(54.77, -22.43, -16.63)

LCH

lch(54.77, 27.92, 216.55)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0907, 210.69)

HWB

hwb(188.4, 17.6%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f3d2d

Analogous

#2d9f76

#2d8f9f

#2d569f

Triadic

#2d8f9f

#9f2d8f

#8f9f2d

Split-complementary

#2d8f9f

#9f2d56

#9f762d

Tetradic

#2d8f9f

#3d2d9f

#9f3d2d

#8f9f2d

Square

#2d8f9f

#762d9f

#9f3d2d

#569f2d

Shades

Color #2d8f9f mixed toward black.

#257785

#1e5f6a

#164850

#0f3035

#07181b

Tints

Color #2d8f9f mixed toward white.

#38b3c7

#60c2d2

#88d1dd

#afe1e9

#d7f0f4

Tones

Color #2d8f9f mixed toward gray.

#368896

#40818c

#497b83

#537479

#5c6d70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#66679b · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#61599a · ΔE 29.5

Tritanopia

#379898 · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2d8f9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2d8f9f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#2d8f9f (#2d8f9f) is rgb(45, 143, 159) in RGB.

No, #2d8f9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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