#2175ae

Color #2175ae

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2175ae

RGB

rgb(33, 117, 174)

HSL

hsl(204.3, 68.1%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.3, 81%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(81%, 32.8%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(47.11, -4.07, -37.22)

LCH

lch(47.11, 37.44, 263.76)

OKLCH

oklch(54.1%, 0.1179, 243.67)

HWB

hwb(204.3, 12.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae5a21

Analogous

#21aea1

#2175ae

#212eae

Triadic

#2175ae

#ae2175

#75ae21

Split-complementary

#2175ae

#ae212e

#aea121

Tetradic

#2175ae

#5a21ae

#ae5a21

#75ae21

Square

#2175ae

#a121ae

#ae5a21

#2eae21

Shades

Color #2175ae mixed toward black.

#1c6191

#164e74

#113a57

#0b273a

#06131d

Tints

Color #2175ae mixed toward white.

#2b91d7

#55a7df

#80bde7

#aad3ef

#d5e9f7

Tones

Color #2175ae mixed toward gray.

#2d73a2

#397097

#446e8b

#506c7f

#5c6a73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.22:1

White text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5353a3 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#4e48a0 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#2a9996 · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2175ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2175ae]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#2175ae (#2175ae) is rgb(33, 117, 174) in RGB.

No, #2175ae 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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