#2a6870

Color #2a6870

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 12.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2a6870

RGB

rgb(42, 104, 112)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 45.5%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 62.5%, 43.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.5%, 7.1%, 0%, 56.1%)

LAB

lab(40.51, -17.14, -10.46)

LCH

lch(40.51, 20.08, 211.39)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.0641, 206.88)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 16.5%, 56.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#70322a

Analogous

#2a7055

#2a6870

#2a4570

Triadic

#2a6870

#702a68

#68702a

Split-complementary

#2a6870

#702a45

#70552a

Tetradic

#2a6870

#322a70

#70322a

#68702a

Square

#2a6870

#552a70

#70322a

#45702a

Shades

Color #2a6870 mixed toward black.

#23575d

#1c454b

#153438

#0e2325

#071113

Tints

Color #2a6870 mixed toward white.

#3a909b

#52b2be

#7ec5ce

#a9d8df

#d4ecef

Tones

Color #2a6870 mixed toward gray.

#30636a

#365f64

#3b5b5f

#415659

#475253

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.31:1

White text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4d6e · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#49446e · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#2f6d6c · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a6870;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a6870]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2a6870 (#2a6870) is rgb(42, 104, 112) in RGB.

No, #2a6870 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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