#2b6afc

Color #2b6afc

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 14.63 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#2b6afc

RGB

rgb(43, 106, 252)

HSL

hsl(221.9, 97.2%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.9, 82.9%, 98.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.9%, 57.9%, 0%, 1.2%)

LAB

lab(49.31, 33.26, -78.02)

LCH

lch(49.31, 84.81, 293.09)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.2272, 263.33)

HWB

hwb(221.9, 16.9%, 1.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fcbd2b

Analogous

#2bd2fc

#2b6afc

#542bfc

Triadic

#2b6afc

#fc2b6a

#6afc2b

Split-complementary

#2b6afc

#fc542b

#d2fc2b

Tetradic

#2b6afc

#bd2bfc

#fcbd2b

#6afc2b

Square

#2b6afc

#fc2bd2

#fcbd2b

#2bfc54

Shades

Color #2b6afc mixed toward black.

#034bf2

#033cc2

#022d91

#011e61

#010f30

Tints

Color #2b6afc mixed toward white.

#4e83fc

#729cfd

#95b4fd

#b8cdfe

#dce6fe

Tones

Color #2b6afc mixed toward gray.

#3c71eb

#4e78d9

#5f7fc8

#7186b6

#828ca5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.57:1

White text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4fe4 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#4a45dd · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#31cec8 · ΔE 43.2

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 29.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2b6afc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b6afc]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#2b6afc (#2b6afc) is rgb(43, 106, 252) in RGB.

No, #2b6afc 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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