#2659ba

Color #2659ba

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 14.37 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2659ba

RGB

rgb(38, 89, 186)

HSL

hsl(219.3, 66.1%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.3, 79.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.6%, 52.2%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(39.75, 18.84, -55.98)

LCH

lch(39.75, 59.07, 288.6)

OKLCH

oklch(48.7%, 0.163, 261.64)

HWB

hwb(219.3, 14.9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba8726

Analogous

#26a3ba

#2659ba

#3d26ba

Triadic

#2659ba

#ba2659

#59ba26

Split-complementary

#2659ba

#ba3d26

#a3ba26

Tetradic

#2659ba

#8726ba

#ba8726

#59ba26

Square

#2659ba

#ba26a3

#ba8726

#26ba3d

Shades

Color #2659ba mixed toward black.

#204a9b

#193b7c

#132d5d

#0d1e3e

#060f1f

Tints

Color #2659ba mixed toward white.

#396fd7

#618cdf

#88a9e7

#b0c6ef

#d7e2f7

Tones

Color #2659ba mixed toward gray.

#325dae

#3f61a1

#4b6495

#576889

#646c7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.22:1

White text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4242a9 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#3f3ba4 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#2a9a96 · ΔE 36.2

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 25.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2659ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2659ba]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#2659ba (#2659ba) is rgb(38, 89, 186) in RGB.

No, #2659ba 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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