#21738e

Color #21738e

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.65 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#21738e

RGB

rgb(33, 115, 142)

HSL

hsl(194.9, 62.3%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.9, 76.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.8%, 19%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(44.99, -14.61, -21.69)

LCH

lch(44.99, 26.15, 236.04)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.0866, 224.63)

HWB

hwb(194.9, 12.9%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e3c21

Analogous

#218e73

#21738e

#213c8e

Triadic

#21738e

#8e2173

#738e21

Split-complementary

#21738e

#8e213c

#8e7321

Tetradic

#21738e

#3c218e

#8e3c21

#738e21

Square

#21738e

#73218e

#8e3c21

#3c8e21

Shades

Color #21738e mixed toward black.

#1b6076

#164d5f

#103947

#0b262f

#051318

Tints

Color #21738e mixed toward white.

#2c98bb

#4ab2d5

#77c6df

#a4d9ea

#d2ecf4

Tones

Color #21738e mixed toward gray.

#2a6e85

#336a7c

#3c6573

#45616a

#4e5c61

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515288 · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#4d4687 · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#2a8382 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #21738e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#21738e]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#21738e (#21738e) is rgb(33, 115, 142) in RGB.

No, #21738e 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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