#2abbe3

Color #2abbe3

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 13.49 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2abbe3

RGB

rgb(42, 187, 227)

HSL

hsl(193, 76.8%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193, 81.5%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(70.58, -23.24, -30.42)

LCH

lch(70.58, 38.28, 232.62)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.1275, 221.98)

HWB

hwb(193, 16.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3522a

Analogous

#2ae3af

#2abbe3

#2a5ee3

Triadic

#2abbe3

#e32abb

#bbe32a

Split-complementary

#2abbe3

#e32a5e

#e3af2a

Tetradic

#2abbe3

#522ae3

#e3522a

#bbe32a

Square

#2abbe3

#af2ae3

#e3522a

#5ee32a

Shades

Color #2abbe3 mixed toward black.

#1aa1c6

#15819e

#106077

#0a404f

#052028

Tints

Color #2abbe3 mixed toward white.

#4dc6e8

#71d2ec

#94ddf1

#b8e8f6

#dbf4fa

Tones

Color #2abbe3 mixed toward gray.

#39b2d4

#49a9c4

#58a1b5

#6898a5

#778f96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8384da · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#7c71d8 · ΔE 31.5

Tritanopia

#3dd3d1 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2abbe3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2abbe3]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#2abbe3 (#2abbe3) is rgb(42, 187, 227) in RGB.

No, #2abbe3 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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