#2249ab

Color #2249ab

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.88 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2249ab

RGB

rgb(34, 73, 171)

HSL

hsl(222.9, 66.8%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.9, 80.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.1%, 57.3%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(34.07, 23.23, -56.33)

LCH

lch(34.07, 60.93, 292.41)

OKLCH

oklch(44%, 0.1635, 264.24)

HWB

hwb(222.9, 13.3%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab8422

Analogous

#228eab

#2249ab

#3f22ab

Triadic

#2249ab

#ab2249

#49ab22

Split-complementary

#2249ab

#ab3f22

#8eab22

Tetradic

#2249ab

#8422ab

#ab8422

#49ab22

Square

#2249ab

#ab228e

#ab8422

#22ab3f

Shades

Color #2249ab mixed toward black.

#1c3d8e

#173172

#112555

#0b1839

#060c1c

Tints

Color #2249ab mixed toward white.

#2b5bd5

#557cdd

#809de6

#aabeee

#d5def7

Tones

Color #2249ab mixed toward gray.

#2d4ea0

#395394

#445889

#505d7d

#5b6272

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#37379a · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#353196 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#258b88 · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 25.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2249ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2249ab]

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

#2249ab (#2249ab) is rgb(34, 73, 171) in RGB.

No, #2249ab 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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