#2a74de

Color #2a74de

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 11.52 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2a74de

RGB

rgb(42, 116, 222)

HSL

hsl(215.3, 73.2%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.3, 81.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.1%, 47.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(49.8, 15.63, -60.42)

LCH

lch(49.8, 62.41, 284.5)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.1775, 258.23)

HWB

hwb(215.3, 16.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de942a

Analogous

#2acede

#2a74de

#3a2ade

Triadic

#2a74de

#de2a74

#74de2a

Split-complementary

#2a74de

#de3a2a

#cede2a

Tetradic

#2a74de

#942ade

#de942a

#74de2a

Square

#2a74de

#de2ace

#de942a

#2ade3a

Shades

Color #2a74de mixed toward black.

#1e60bf

#184d99

#123a72

#0c264c

#061326

Tints

Color #2a74de mixed toward white.

#4e8be4

#71a2e9

#95baef

#b8d1f4

#dce8fa

Tones

Color #2a74de mixed toward gray.

#3977cf

#4879c0

#577cb1

#667fa2

#758193

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5455cb · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#504ac6 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#31bab6 · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a74de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a74de]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#2a74de (#2a74de) is rgb(42, 116, 222) in RGB.

No, #2a74de 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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