#2a6799

Color #2a6799

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.66 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2a6799

RGB

rgb(42, 103, 153)

HSL

hsl(207, 56.9%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207, 72.5%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.5%, 32.7%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(41.99, -2.27, -32.9)

LCH

lch(41.99, 32.98, 266.05)

OKLCH

oklch(49.8%, 0.1016, 246.56)

HWB

hwb(207, 16.5%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#995c2a

Analogous

#2a9993

#2a6799

#2a3099

Triadic

#2a6799

#992a67

#67992a

Split-complementary

#2a6799

#992a30

#99932a

Tetradic

#2a6799

#5c2a99

#995c2a

#67992a

Square

#2a6799

#932a99

#995c2a

#30992a

Shades

Color #2a6799 mixed toward black.

#23567f

#1c4566

#15334c

#0e2233

#071119

Tints

Color #2a6799 mixed toward white.

#3583c2

#5a9cd2

#83b5dd

#adcde8

#d6e6f4

Tones

Color #2a6799 mixed toward gray.

#336690

#3c6586

#46647d

#4f6374

#58626b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.5:1

White text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4c8f · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#48438c · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#2f8684 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a6799;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a6799]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#2a6799 (#2a6799) is rgb(42, 103, 153) in RGB.

No, #2a6799 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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