#2291ab

Color #2291ab

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 15.86 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2291ab

RGB

rgb(34, 145, 171)

HSL

hsl(191.4, 66.8%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.4, 80.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(55.61, -20.84, -22.24)

LCH

lch(55.61, 30.48, 226.86)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.101, 218)

HWB

hwb(191.4, 13.3%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab3c22

Analogous

#22ab81

#2291ab

#224cab

Triadic

#2291ab

#ab2291

#91ab22

Split-complementary

#2291ab

#ab224c

#ab8122

Tetradic

#2291ab

#3c22ab

#ab3c22

#91ab22

Square

#2291ab

#8122ab

#ab3c22

#4cab22

Shades

Color #2291ab mixed toward black.

#1c798e

#176172

#114855

#0b3039

#06181c

Tints

Color #2291ab mixed toward white.

#2bb5d5

#55c3dd

#80d2e6

#aae1ee

#d5f0f7

Tones

Color #2291ab mixed toward gray.

#2d8aa0

#398394

#447c89

#50757d

#5b6e72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6666a5 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#6057a4 · ΔE 29.1

Tritanopia

#30a09f · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 20.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2291ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2291ab]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#2291ab (#2291ab) is rgb(34, 145, 171) in RGB.

No, #2291ab 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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