#2852c8

Color #2852c8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 9.25 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#2852c8

RGB

rgb(40, 82, 200)

HSL

hsl(224.3, 66.7%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.3, 80%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(80%, 59%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(38.99, 28.98, -65.36)

LCH

lch(38.99, 71.5, 293.91)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.1897, 264.98)

HWB

hwb(224.3, 15.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c89e28

Analogous

#28a2c8

#2852c8

#4e28c8

Triadic

#2852c8

#c82852

#52c828

Split-complementary

#2852c8

#c84e28

#a2c828

Tetradic

#2852c8

#9e28c8

#c89e28

#52c828

Square

#2852c8

#c828a2

#c89e28

#28c84e

Shades

Color #2852c8 mixed toward black.

#2144a7

#1b3785

#142964

#0d1b43

#070e21

Tints

Color #2852c8 mixed toward white.

#446bda

#6988e1

#8fa6e9

#b4c4f0

#dae1f8

Tones

Color #2852c8 mixed toward gray.

#3558bb

#435fae

#5065a0

#5d6b93

#6b7285

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.13:1

White text reads better on this background (6.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3fb4 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#3c38af · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#2ba39e · ΔE 40.9

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 27.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2852c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2852c8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#2852c8 (#2852c8) is rgb(40, 82, 200) in RGB.

No, #2852c8 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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