#2870e2

Color #2870e2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 6.94 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#2870e2

RGB

rgb(40, 112, 226)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 76.2%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 82.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.3%, 50.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(48.92, 19.5, -64.11)

LCH

lch(48.92, 67.01, 286.92)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.1878, 259.63)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 15.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e29a28

Analogous

#28cde2

#2870e2

#3d28e2

Triadic

#2870e2

#e22870

#70e228

Split-complementary

#2870e2

#e23d28

#cde228

Tetradic

#2870e2

#9a28e2

#e29a28

#70e228

Square

#2870e2

#e228cd

#e29a28

#28e23d

Shades

Color #2870e2 mixed toward black.

#1a5cc3

#15499c

#103775

#0b254e

#051227

Tints

Color #2870e2 mixed toward white.

#4c88e7

#70a0ec

#94b8f0

#b7cff5

#dbe7fa

Tones

Color #2870e2 mixed toward gray.

#3874d3

#4777c3

#577bb4

#667ea4

#768295

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.51:1

White text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5152ce · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#4d47c9 · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#2fbcb7 · ΔE 38

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 26.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2870e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2870e2]

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

#2870e2 (#2870e2) is rgb(40, 112, 226) in RGB.

No, #2870e2 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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