#2a5fe3

Color #2a5fe3

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 8.64 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#2a5fe3

RGB

rgb(42, 95, 227)

HSL

hsl(222.8, 76.8%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.8, 81.5%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.5%, 58.1%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(44.55, 30.9, -71.77)

LCH

lch(44.55, 78.14, 293.29)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.2087, 263.98)

HWB

hwb(222.8, 16.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3ae2a

Analogous

#2abbe3

#2a5fe3

#512ae3

Triadic

#2a5fe3

#e32a5f

#5fe32a

Split-complementary

#2a5fe3

#e3512a

#bbe32a

Tetradic

#2a5fe3

#ae2ae3

#e3ae2a

#5fe32a

Square

#2a5fe3

#e32abb

#e3ae2a

#2ae351

Shades

Color #2a5fe3 mixed toward black.

#1a4bc6

#153c9e

#102d77

#0a1e4f

#050f28

Tints

Color #2a5fe3 mixed toward white.

#4d7ae8

#7194ec

#94aff1

#b8caf6

#dbe4fa

Tones

Color #2a5fe3 mixed toward gray.

#3965d4

#496cc4

#5873b5

#6879a5

#778096

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4747cd · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#4440c7 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#2eb9b4 · ΔE 42

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 28.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2a5fe3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a5fe3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#2a5fe3 (#2a5fe3) is rgb(42, 95, 227) in RGB.

No, #2a5fe3 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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