#2a565c

Color #2a565c

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 5.37 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2a565c

RGB

rgb(42, 86, 92)

HSL

hsl(187.2, 37.3%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.2, 54.3%, 36.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 63.9%)

LAB

lab(33.82, -13.3, -8.17)

LCH

lch(33.82, 15.61, 211.56)

OKLCH

oklch(42.4%, 0.0495, 207.03)

HWB

hwb(187.2, 16.5%, 63.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c302a

Analogous

#2a5c49

#2a565c

#2a3d5c

Triadic

#2a565c

#5c2a56

#565c2a

Split-complementary

#2a565c

#5c2a3d

#5c492a

Tetradic

#2a565c

#302a5c

#5c302a

#565c2a

Square

#2a565c

#492a5c

#5c302a

#3d5c2a

Shades

Color #2a565c mixed toward black.

#23484d

#1c393d

#152b2e

#0e1d1f

#070e0f

Tints

Color #2a565c mixed toward white.

#3e7e87

#53a5b0

#7ebcc4

#a9d2d8

#d4e9eb

Tones

Color #2a565c mixed toward gray.

#2e5358

#325054

#374d50

#3b494b

#3f4647

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.58:1

White text reads better on this background (8.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#41425b · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#3f3b5a · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#2d5959 · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a565c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a565c]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2a565c (#2a565c) is rgb(42, 86, 92) in RGB.

No, #2a565c 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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