#2f4ea6

Color #2f4ea6

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.9 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2f4ea6

RGB

rgb(47, 78, 166)

HSL

hsl(224.4, 55.9%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.4, 71.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.7%, 53%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(35.61, 19.56, -50.84)

LCH

lch(35.61, 54.47, 291.04)

OKLCH

oklch(45.2%, 0.1465, 266.05)

HWB

hwb(224.4, 18.4%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6872f

Analogous

#2f8aa6

#2f4ea6

#4c2fa6

Triadic

#2f4ea6

#a62f4e

#4ea62f

Split-complementary

#2f4ea6

#a64c2f

#8aa62f

Tetradic

#2f4ea6

#872fa6

#a6872f

#4ea62f

Square

#2f4ea6

#a62f8a

#a6872f

#2fa64c

Shades

Color #2f4ea6 mixed toward black.

#27418a

#1f346f

#182753

#101a37

#080d1c

Tints

Color #2f4ea6 mixed toward white.

#3e62c8

#6582d3

#8ba1de

#b2c0e9

#d8e0f4

Tones

Color #2f4ea6 mixed toward gray.

#39539c

#435892

#4d5c88

#57617e

#616675

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.76:1

White text reads better on this background (7.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f3f97 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#3d3a93 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#318985 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f4ea6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f4ea6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#2f4ea6 (#2f4ea6) is rgb(47, 78, 166) in RGB.

No, #2f4ea6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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