#2b196a

Color #2b196a

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 5.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#2b196a

RGB

rgb(43, 25, 106)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 61.8%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 76.4%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.4%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(16.74, 31.97, -44.15)

LCH

lch(16.74, 54.51, 305.91)

OKLCH

oklch(29.6%, 0.1318, 285.27)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 9.8%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#586a19

Analogous

#19306a

#2b196a

#53196a

Triadic

#2b196a

#6a2b19

#196a2b

Split-complementary

#2b196a

#6a5319

#306a19

Tetradic

#2b196a

#6a1958

#586a19

#196a2b

Square

#2b196a

#6a1930

#586a19

#196a53

Shades

Color #2b196a mixed toward black.

#241558

#1d1147

#150d35

#0e0823

#070412

Tints

Color #2b196a mixed toward white.

#40259d

#5533cf

#8066db

#aa99e7

#d5ccf3

Tones

Color #2b196a mixed toward gray.

#2f2063

#33275d

#362d56

#3a344f

#3e3b48

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.45:1

White text reads better on this background (14.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#24245e · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#25265b · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#2a5350 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b196a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b196a]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#2b196a (#2b196a) is rgb(43, 25, 106) in RGB.

No, #2b196a 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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