#2a00cd

Color #2a00cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 2.94 Nearest Tailwind class violet-800 #5d0ec0 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2a00cd

RGB

rgb(42, 0, 205)

HSL

hsl(252.3, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.3, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.5%, 100%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(26.44, 67.68, -89)

LCH

lch(26.44, 111.81, 307.25)

OKLCH

oklch(39.7%, 0.257, 271.54)

HWB

hwb(252.3, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3cd00

Analogous

#003ccd

#2a00cd

#9100cd

Triadic

#2a00cd

#cd2a00

#00cd2a

Split-complementary

#2a00cd

#cd9100

#3ccd00

Tetradic

#2a00cd

#cd00a3

#a3cd00

#00cd2a

Square

#2a00cd

#cd003c

#a3cd00

#00cd91

Shades

Color #2a00cd mixed toward black.

#2300ab

#1c0089

#150067

#0e0044

#070022

Tints

Color #2a00cd mixed toward white.

#3501ff

#5d34ff

#8667ff

#ae99ff

#d7ccff

Tones

Color #2a00cd mixed toward gray.

#3411bc

#3e22ab

#48339a

#524489

#5c5578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.98:1

White text reads better on this background (10.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1e1eb5 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#2022af · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#299f99 · ΔE 49.4

Achromatopsia

#3f3f3f · ΔE 31.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2a00cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a00cd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#2a00cd (#2a00cd) is rgb(42, 0, 205) in RGB.

No, #2a00cd 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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