#224b5a

Color #224b5a

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.12 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#224b5a

RGB

rgb(34, 75, 90)

HSL

hsl(196.1, 45.2%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.1, 62.2%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(29.69, -9.33, -13.19)

LCH

lch(29.69, 16.16, 234.73)

OKLCH

oklch(39%, 0.0523, 224.54)

HWB

hwb(196.1, 13.3%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a3122

Analogous

#225a4d

#224b5a

#222f5a

Triadic

#224b5a

#5a224b

#4b5a22

Split-complementary

#224b5a

#5a222f

#5a4d22

Tetradic

#224b5a

#31225a

#5a3122

#4b5a22

Square

#224b5a

#4d225a

#5a3122

#2f5a22

Shades

Color #224b5a mixed toward black.

#1c3e4b

#17323c

#11252d

#0b191e

#060c0f

Tints

Color #224b5a mixed toward white.

#347289

#4599b7

#73b3ca

#a2ccdc

#d0e6ed

Tones

Color #224b5a mixed toward gray.

#274955

#2b4751

#30444c

#354247

#394043

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.22:1

White text reads better on this background (9.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383857 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#363256 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#255453 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #224b5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#224b5a]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#224b5a (#224b5a) is rgb(34, 75, 90) in RGB.

No, #224b5a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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