#2a3099

Color #2a3099

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 13.65 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2a3099

RGB

rgb(42, 48, 153)

HSL

hsl(236.8, 56.9%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.8, 72.5%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(26.46, 33.87, -57.89)

LCH

lch(26.46, 67.07, 300.33)

OKLCH

oklch(38%, 0.1675, 272.7)

HWB

hwb(236.8, 16.5%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99932a

Analogous

#2a6799

#2a3099

#5b2a99

Triadic

#2a3099

#992a30

#30992a

Split-complementary

#2a3099

#995b2a

#67992a

Tetradic

#2a3099

#932a99

#99932a

#30992a

Square

#2a3099

#992a67

#99932a

#2a995b

Shades

Color #2a3099 mixed toward black.

#23287f

#1c2066

#15184c

#0e1033

#070819

Tints

Color #2a3099 mixed toward white.

#353dc2

#5a61d2

#8388dd

#adb0e8

#d6d7f4

Tones

Color #2a3099 mixed toward gray.

#333890

#3c4086

#46497d

#4f5174

#58596b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.98:1

White text reads better on this background (10.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2d2d89 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#2c2c84 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#2a7a76 · ΔE 36.7

Achromatopsia

#3f3f3f · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a3099;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a3099]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#2a3099 (#2a3099) is rgb(42, 48, 153) in RGB.

No, #2a3099 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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