#286fe2

Color #286fe2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 6.22 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#286fe2

RGB

rgb(40, 111, 226)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 76.2%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 82.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.3%, 50.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(48.65, 20.14, -64.55)

LCH

lch(48.65, 67.62, 287.33)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.1889, 259.88)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 15.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e29b28

Analogous

#28cce2

#286fe2

#3e28e2

Triadic

#286fe2

#e2286f

#6fe228

Split-complementary

#286fe2

#e23e28

#cce228

Tetradic

#286fe2

#9b28e2

#e29b28

#6fe228

Square

#286fe2

#e228cc

#e29b28

#28e23e

Shades

Color #286fe2 mixed toward black.

#1a5bc3

#15499c

#103775

#0b244e

#051227

Tints

Color #286fe2 mixed toward white.

#4c87e7

#709fec

#94b7f0

#b7cff5

#dbe7fa

Tones

Color #286fe2 mixed toward gray.

#3873d3

#4776c3

#577ab4

#667ea4

#768195

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.46:1

White text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5051ce · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#4c47c8 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#2fbcb7 · ΔE 38.2

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #286fe2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#286fe2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#286fe2 (#286fe2) is rgb(40, 111, 226) in RGB.

No, #286fe2 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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