#2f85ea

Color #2f85ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 6.58 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#2f85ea

RGB

rgb(47, 133, 234)

HSL

hsl(212.4, 81.7%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.4, 79.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.9%, 43.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(55.4, 10.05, -58.15)

LCH

lch(55.4, 59.01, 279.81)

OKLCH

oklch(61.8%, 0.1725, 255.09)

HWB

hwb(212.4, 18.4%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea942f

Analogous

#2fe3ea

#2f85ea

#362fea

Triadic

#2f85ea

#ea2f85

#85ea2f

Split-complementary

#2f85ea

#ea362f

#e3ea2f

Tetradic

#2f85ea

#942fea

#ea942f

#85ea2f

Square

#2f85ea

#ea2fe3

#ea942f

#2fea36

Shades

Color #2f85ea mixed toward black.

#156dd5

#1158aa

#0d4280

#092c55

#04162b

Tints

Color #2f85ea mixed toward white.

#5299ee

#74aef1

#97c2f5

#bad6f8

#dcebfc

Tones

Color #2f85ea mixed toward gray.

#3f86da

#4e88cb

#5e89bb

#6d8aac

#7d8b9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6061d7 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#5b55d2 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#37c7c3 · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f85ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f85ea]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#2f85ea (#2f85ea) is rgb(47, 133, 234) in RGB.

No, #2f85ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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