#2b859c

Color #2b859c

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 15.83 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#2b859c

RGB

rgb(43, 133, 156)

HSL

hsl(192.2, 56.8%, 39%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.2, 72.4%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.4%, 14.7%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(51.48, -18.39, -19.92)

LCH

lch(51.48, 27.11, 227.29)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.0892, 218.54)

HWB

hwb(192.2, 16.9%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c422b

Analogous

#2b9c7a

#2b859c

#2b4c9c

Triadic

#2b859c

#9c2b85

#859c2b

Split-complementary

#2b859c

#9c2b4c

#9c7a2b

Tetradic

#2b859c

#422b9c

#9c422b

#859c2b

Square

#2b859c

#7a2b9c

#9c422b

#4c9c2b

Shades

Color #2b859c mixed toward black.

#246f82

#1d5968

#15424e

#0e2c34

#07161a

Tints

Color #2b859c mixed toward white.

#36a8c5

#5cbad2

#85cbdd

#aedde9

#d6eef4

Tones

Color #2b859c mixed toward gray.

#347f93

#3e7a89

#477480

#516f76

#5a696d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f6097 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#5a5396 · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#349392 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b859c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b859c]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#2b859c (#2b859c) is rgb(43, 133, 156) in RGB.

No, #2b859c 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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