#2c6972

Color #2c6972

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 13.08 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2c6972

RGB

rgb(44, 105, 114)

HSL

hsl(187.7, 44.3%, 31%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.7, 61.4%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(40.98, -16.65, -10.96)

LCH

lch(40.98, 19.93, 213.36)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.0638, 208.33)

HWB

hwb(187.7, 17.3%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72352c

Analogous

#2c7258

#2c6972

#2c4672

Triadic

#2c6972

#722c69

#69722c

Split-complementary

#2c6972

#722c46

#72582c

Tetradic

#2c6972

#352c72

#72352c

#69722c

Square

#2c6972

#582c72

#72352c

#46722c

Shades

Color #2c6972 mixed toward black.

#25585f

#1d464c

#163539

#0f2326

#071213

Tints

Color #2c6972 mixed toward white.

#3c909c

#56b0be

#80c4ce

#aad8de

#d5ebef

Tones

Color #2c6972 mixed toward gray.

#32656c

#386066

#3e5c61

#43585b

#495355

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e70 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#4a456f · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#316e6e · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2c6972;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2c6972]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#2c6972 (#2c6972) is rgb(44, 105, 114) in RGB.

No, #2c6972 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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