#2870fa

Color #2870fa

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 10.18 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2870fa

RGB

rgb(40, 112, 250)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 95.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 84%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(84%, 55.2%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(50.62, 28.54, -74.78)

LCH

lch(50.62, 80.04, 290.89)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.2184, 261.73)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 15.7%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fab228

Analogous

#28d9fa

#2870fa

#4928fa

Triadic

#2870fa

#fa2870

#70fa28

Split-complementary

#2870fa

#fa4928

#d9fa28

Tetradic

#2870fa

#b228fa

#fab228

#70fa28

Square

#2870fa

#fa28d9

#fab228

#28fa49

Shades

Color #2870fa mixed toward black.

#0555ec

#0444bd

#03338e

#02225f

#01112f

Tints

Color #2870fa mixed toward white.

#4c88fb

#70a0fc

#94b8fd

#b7cffd

#dbe7fe

Tones

Color #2870fa mixed toward gray.

#3a76e9

#4b7bd7

#5d81c6

#6e86b4

#808ca3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5152e2 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#4d47dc · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#2fcdc8 · ΔE 41.5

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 28.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2870fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2870fa]

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

#2870fa (#2870fa) is rgb(40, 112, 250) in RGB.

No, #2870fa 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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