#2d44ae

Color #2d44ae

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 13.92 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#2d44ae

RGB

rgb(45, 68, 174)

HSL

hsl(229.3, 58.9%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.3, 74.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.1%, 60.9%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(33.45, 28.93, -59.12)

LCH

lch(33.45, 65.82, 296.07)

OKLCH

oklch(43.8%, 0.1707, 268.76)

HWB

hwb(229.3, 17.6%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae972d

Analogous

#2d84ae

#2d44ae

#562dae

Triadic

#2d44ae

#ae2d44

#44ae2d

Split-complementary

#2d44ae

#ae562d

#84ae2d

Tetradic

#2d44ae

#972dae

#ae972d

#44ae2d

Square

#2d44ae

#ae2d84

#ae972d

#2dae56

Shades

Color #2d44ae mixed toward black.

#253991

#1e2d74

#162257

#0f173a

#070b1d

Tints

Color #2d44ae mixed toward white.

#3e58cd

#6579d7

#8b9be1

#b2bceb

#d8def5

Tones

Color #2d44ae mixed toward gray.

#384ba3

#425298

#4d598e

#586083

#636678

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.55:1

White text reads better on this background (8.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#38389d · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#373598 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#2e8d89 · ΔE 37.7

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2d44ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2d44ae]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#2d44ae (#2d44ae) is rgb(45, 68, 174) in RGB.

No, #2d44ae 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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