#2798ba

Color #2798ba

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.06 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2798ba

RGB

rgb(39, 152, 186)

HSL

hsl(193.9, 65.3%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.9, 79%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(79%, 18.3%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(58.44, -18.97, -26.4)

LCH

lch(58.44, 32.51, 234.3)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.108, 223.27)

HWB

hwb(193.9, 15.3%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba4927

Analogous

#27ba92

#2798ba

#274eba

Triadic

#2798ba

#ba2798

#98ba27

Split-complementary

#2798ba

#ba274e

#ba9227

Tetradic

#2798ba

#4927ba

#ba4927

#98ba27

Square

#2798ba

#9227ba

#ba4927

#4eba27

Shades

Color #2798ba mixed toward black.

#217f9b

#1a657c

#144c5d

#0d333e

#07191f

Tints

Color #2798ba mixed toward white.

#3bb2d6

#62c1de

#89d1e6

#b0e0ef

#d8f0f7

Tones

Color #2798ba mixed toward gray.

#3391ae

#3f8ba1

#4c8495

#587e89

#64777d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6cb3 · ΔE 24.7

Deuteranopia

#655db1 · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#35acab · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2798ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2798ba]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#2798ba (#2798ba) is rgb(39, 152, 186) in RGB.

No, #2798ba 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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