#2272f5

Color #2272f5

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 7.38 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2272f5

RGB

rgb(34, 114, 245)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 91.3%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 86.1%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(86.1%, 53.5%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(50.65, 25, -71.96)

LCH

lch(50.65, 76.18, 289.16)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.2109, 260.22)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 13.3%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5a522

Analogous

#22dbf5

#2272f5

#3c22f5

Triadic

#2272f5

#f52272

#72f522

Split-complementary

#2272f5

#f53c22

#dbf522

Tetradic

#2272f5

#a522f5

#f5a522

#72f522

Square

#2272f5

#f522db

#f5a522

#22f53c

Shades

Color #2272f5 mixed toward black.

#0a5ade

#0848b2

#063685

#042459

#02122c

Tints

Color #2272f5 mixed toward white.

#4789f7

#6ca1f8

#91b8fa

#b5d0fc

#dae7fd

Tones

Color #2272f5 mixed toward gray.

#3476e3

#457ad2

#577fc0

#6883af

#7a879d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5151de · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#4c46d8 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#2acac5 · ΔE 40.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2272f5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2272f5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#2272f5 (#2272f5) is rgb(34, 114, 245) in RGB.

No, #2272f5 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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