#2d5388

Color #2d5388

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.51 Nearest Tailwind class sky-800 #00598a · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#2d5388

RGB

rgb(45, 83, 136)

HSL

hsl(214.9, 50.3%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.9, 66.9%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.9%, 39%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(35.05, 4.6, -33.6)

LCH

lch(35.05, 33.91, 277.8)

OKLCH

oklch(44.1%, 0.098, 257.08)

HWB

hwb(214.9, 17.6%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88622d

Analogous

#2d8188

#2d5388

#342d88

Triadic

#2d5388

#882d53

#53882d

Split-complementary

#2d5388

#88342d

#81882d

Tetradic

#2d5388

#622d88

#88622d

#53882d

Square

#2d5388

#882d81

#88622d

#2d8834

Shades

Color #2d5388 mixed toward black.

#254571

#1e375b

#162a44

#0f1c2d

#070e17

Tints

Color #2d5388 mixed toward white.

#3b6cb1

#5a88c9

#83a6d6

#adc4e4

#d6e1f1

Tones

Color #2d5388 mixed toward gray.

#355480

#3c5679

#445771

#4b586a

#535962

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.7:1

White text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#41417e · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#3e3b7b · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#307573 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2d5388;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2d5388]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#2d5388 (#2d5388) is rgb(45, 83, 136) in RGB.

No, #2d5388 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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