#2172f6

Color #2172f6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 7.78 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2172f6

RGB

rgb(33, 114, 246)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 92.2%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 86.6%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(86.6%, 53.7%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(50.7, 25.32, -72.43)

LCH

lch(50.7, 76.73, 289.27)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.2123, 260.21)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 12.9%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6a521

Analogous

#21dcf6

#2172f6

#3b21f6

Triadic

#2172f6

#f62172

#72f621

Split-complementary

#2172f6

#f63b21

#dcf621

Tetradic

#2172f6

#a521f6

#f6a521

#72f621

Square

#2172f6

#f621dc

#f6a521

#21f63b

Shades

Color #2172f6 mixed toward black.

#095bdf

#0748b3

#053686

#042459

#02122d

Tints

Color #2172f6 mixed toward white.

#4689f7

#6ba1f9

#90b8fa

#b5d0fc

#dae7fd

Tones

Color #2172f6 mixed toward gray.

#3376e4

#447ad2

#567fc1

#6883af

#7a879d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5151df · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#4c46d9 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#2acbc6 · ΔE 40.6

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2172f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2172f6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#2172f6 (#2172f6) is rgb(33, 114, 246) in RGB.

No, #2172f6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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