#2aa5ba

Color #2aa5ba

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.1 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2aa5ba

RGB

rgb(42, 165, 186)

HSL

hsl(188.7, 63.2%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.7, 77.4%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(62.46, -25.41, -20.24)

LCH

lch(62.46, 32.49, 218.54)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.1063, 212.05)

HWB

hwb(188.7, 16.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba3f2a

Analogous

#2aba87

#2aa5ba

#2a5dba

Triadic

#2aa5ba

#ba2aa5

#a5ba2a

Split-complementary

#2aa5ba

#ba2a5d

#ba872a

Tetradic

#2aa5ba

#3f2aba

#ba3f2a

#a5ba2a

Square

#2aa5ba

#872aba

#ba3f2a

#5dba2a

Shades

Color #2aa5ba mixed toward black.

#238a9b

#1c6e7c

#15535d

#0e373e

#071c1f

Tints

Color #2aa5ba mixed toward white.

#3fbed4

#66cbdc

#8cd8e5

#b2e5ee

#d9f2f6

Tones

Color #2aa5ba mixed toward gray.

#369dae

#4294a2

#4e8c96

#5a838a

#667b7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475b5 · ΔE 27.8

Deuteranopia

#6e65b4 · ΔE 31.7

Tritanopia

#39b1b0 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2aa5ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2aa5ba]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#2aa5ba (#2aa5ba) is rgb(42, 165, 186) in RGB.

No, #2aa5ba 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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