#2f899f

Color #2f899f

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.53 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#2f899f

RGB

rgb(47, 137, 159)

HSL

hsl(191.8, 54.4%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.8, 70.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(52.95, -18.97, -19.4)

LCH

lch(52.95, 27.13, 225.64)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0891, 217.38)

HWB

hwb(191.8, 18.4%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f452f

Analogous

#2f9f7d

#2f899f

#2f519f

Triadic

#2f899f

#9f2f89

#899f2f

Split-complementary

#2f899f

#9f2f51

#9f7d2f

Tetradic

#2f899f

#452f9f

#9f452f

#899f2f

Square

#2f899f

#7d2f9f

#9f452f

#519f2f

Shades

Color #2f899f mixed toward black.

#277285

#1f5b6a

#174550

#102e35

#08171b

Tints

Color #2f899f mixed toward white.

#3baac5

#63bbd1

#8accdc

#b1dde8

#d8eef3

Tones

Color #2f899f mixed toward gray.

#388396

#427e8c

#4b7883

#54727a

#5e6d70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63649a · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#5e5799 · ΔE 26.8

Tritanopia

#389695 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f899f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f899f]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#2f899f (#2f899f) is rgb(47, 137, 159) in RGB.

No, #2f899f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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