#2b5851

Color #2b5851

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 7.09 Nearest Tailwind class teal-900 #0b4f4a · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2b5851

RGB

rgb(43, 88, 81)

HSL

hsl(170.7, 34.4%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.7, 51.1%, 34.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 8%, 65.5%)

LAB

lab(34.16, -17.46, -0.73)

LCH

lch(34.16, 17.48, 182.39)

OKLCH

oklch(42.6%, 0.0513, 182.46)

HWB

hwb(170.7, 16.9%, 65.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#582b32

Analogous

#2b583b

#2b5851

#2b4958

Triadic

#2b5851

#512b58

#58512b

Split-complementary

#2b5851

#582b49

#583b2b

Tetradic

#2b5851

#2b3258

#582b32

#58512b

Square

#2b5851

#3b2b58

#582b32

#49582b

Shades

Color #2b5851 mixed toward black.

#244944

#1d3b36

#152c29

#0e1d1b

#070f0e

Tints

Color #2b5851 mixed toward white.

#408378

#55ac9f

#80c1b7

#aad6cf

#d5eae7

Tones

Color #2b5851 mixed toward gray.

#2f544e

#33514c

#364d49

#3a4947

#3e4544

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.62:1

White text reads better on this background (8.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#434353 · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#403d53 · ΔE 25.5

Tritanopia

#2e5454 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b5851;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b5851]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2b5851 (#2b5851) is rgb(43, 88, 81) in RGB.

No, #2b5851 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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