#2f2f8b

Color #2f2f8b

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 9.66 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2f2f8b

RGB

rgb(47, 47, 139)

HSL

hsl(240, 49.5%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 66.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.2%, 66.2%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(25.26, 30.19, -51.21)

LCH

lch(25.26, 59.45, 300.52)

OKLCH

oklch(36.8%, 0.1485, 276.26)

HWB

hwb(240, 18.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8b2f

Analogous

#2f5d8b

#2f2f8b

#5d2f8b

Triadic

#2f2f8b

#8b2f2f

#2f8b2f

Split-complementary

#2f2f8b

#8b5d2f

#5d8b2f

Tetradic

#2f2f8b

#8b2f8b

#8b8b2f

#2f8b2f

Square

#2f2f8b

#8b2f5d

#8b8b2f

#2f8b5d

Shades

Color #2f2f8b mixed toward black.

#272774

#1f1f5d

#181846

#10102e

#080817

Tints

Color #2f2f8b mixed toward white.

#3d3db3

#5e5ec8

#8686d6

#aeaee4

#d7d7f1

Tones

Color #2f2f8b mixed toward gray.

#373783

#3e3e7c

#464674

#4e4e6c

#555565

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.9:1

White text reads better on this background (11.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2f2f7c · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#2f2f78 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#2f6f6c · ΔE 33.5

Achromatopsia

#3c3c3c · ΔE 25.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2f2f8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f2f8b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#2f2f8b (#2f2f8b) is rgb(47, 47, 139) in RGB.

No, #2f2f8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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