#2b4295

Color #2b4295

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 8.3 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#2b4295

RGB

rgb(43, 66, 149)

HSL

hsl(227, 55.2%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227, 71.1%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.1%, 55.7%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(30.83, 20.58, -48.32)

LCH

lch(30.83, 52.52, 293.07)

OKLCH

oklch(41.1%, 0.1392, 268.02)

HWB

hwb(227, 16.9%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#957e2b

Analogous

#2b7795

#2b4295

#492b95

Triadic

#2b4295

#952b42

#42952b

Split-complementary

#2b4295

#95492b

#77952b

Tetradic

#2b4295

#7e2b95

#957e2b

#42952b

Square

#2b4295

#952b77

#957e2b

#2b9549

Shades

Color #2b4295 mixed toward black.

#24377c

#1d2c63

#15214a

#0e1632

#070b19

Tints

Color #2b4295 mixed toward white.

#3754be

#5a74cf

#8497db

#adb9e7

#d6dcf3

Tones

Color #2b4295 mixed toward gray.

#34478c

#3d4c83

#45517a

#4e5672

#575b69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.32:1

White text reads better on this background (9.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#363787 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#353383 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#2c7a77 · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 24.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #2b4295;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b4295]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#2b4295 (#2b4295) is rgb(43, 66, 149) in RGB.

No, #2b4295 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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