#2495b1

Color #2495b1

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 16.47 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#2495b1

RGB

rgb(36, 149, 177)

HSL

hsl(191.9, 66.2%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.9, 79.7%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(57.12, -20.73, -23.35)

LCH

lch(57.12, 31.22, 228.4)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1036, 219.08)

HWB

hwb(191.9, 14.1%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b14024

Analogous

#24b187

#2495b1

#244fb1

Triadic

#2495b1

#b12495

#95b124

Split-complementary

#2495b1

#b1244f

#b18724

Tetradic

#2495b1

#4024b1

#b14024

#95b124

Square

#2495b1

#8724b1

#b14024

#4fb124

Shades

Color #2495b1 mixed toward black.

#1e7c94

#186376

#124b59

#0c323b

#06191e

Tints

Color #2495b1 mixed toward white.

#31b5d5

#5bc4de

#84d2e6

#ade1ee

#d6f0f7

Tones

Color #2495b1 mixed toward gray.

#308ea5

#3c879a

#47808e

#537982

#5f7276

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969ab · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#635aa9 · ΔE 29.2

Tritanopia

#32a6a4 · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2495b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2495b1]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#2495b1 (#2495b1) is rgb(36, 149, 177) in RGB.

No, #2495b1 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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