#2aa5b4

Color #2aa5b4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.46 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#2aa5b4

RGB

rgb(42, 165, 180)

HSL

hsl(186.5, 62.2%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.5, 76.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(62.25, -27.32, -17.2)

LCH

lch(62.25, 32.28, 212.19)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.1043, 207.35)

HWB

hwb(186.5, 16.5%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4392a

Analogous

#2ab47e

#2aa5b4

#2a60b4

Triadic

#2aa5b4

#b42aa5

#a5b42a

Split-complementary

#2aa5b4

#b42a60

#b47e2a

Tetradic

#2aa5b4

#392ab4

#b4392a

#a5b42a

Square

#2aa5b4

#7e2ab4

#b4392a

#60b42a

Shades

Color #2aa5b4 mixed toward black.

#238996

#1c6e78

#15525a

#0e373c

#071b1e

Tints

Color #2aa5b4 mixed toward white.

#3cc1d2

#63cedb

#8adae4

#b1e6ed

#d8f3f6

Tones

Color #2aa5b4 mixed toward gray.

#359ca8

#41939d

#4c8a91

#588186

#63787a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475b1 · ΔE 28.7

Deuteranopia

#6e65b0 · ΔE 32.7

Tritanopia

#39aead · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2aa5b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2aa5b4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2aa5b4 (#2aa5b4) is rgb(42, 165, 180) in RGB.

No, #2aa5b4 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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