#2246ad

Color #2246ad

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 15.59 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2246ad

RGB

rgb(34, 70, 173)

HSL

hsl(224.5, 67.1%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.5, 80.3%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.3%, 59.5%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(33.43, 26.02, -58.58)

LCH

lch(33.43, 64.1, 293.95)

OKLCH

oklch(43.6%, 0.1699, 265.17)

HWB

hwb(224.5, 13.3%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad8922

Analogous

#228bad

#2246ad

#4422ad

Triadic

#2246ad

#ad2246

#46ad22

Split-complementary

#2246ad

#ad4422

#8bad22

Tetradic

#2246ad

#8922ad

#ad8922

#46ad22

Square

#2246ad

#ad228b

#ad8922

#22ad44

Shades

Color #2246ad mixed toward black.

#1c3a90

#172f73

#112356

#0b173a

#060c1d

Tints

Color #2246ad mixed toward white.

#2c58d5

#5679de

#809be6

#abbcee

#d5def7

Tones

Color #2246ad mixed toward gray.

#2e4ca1

#395196

#45578a

#505c7f

#5c6273

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.55:1

White text reads better on this background (8.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#35359c · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#333097 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#258c89 · ΔE 36.9

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 26.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #2246ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2246ad]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#2246ad (#2246ad) is rgb(34, 70, 173) in RGB.

No, #2246ad 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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