#2d5565

Color #2d5565

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.82 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#2d5565

RGB

rgb(45, 85, 101)

HSL

hsl(197.1, 38.4%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.1, 55.4%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(33.97, -9.06, -13.57)

LCH

lch(33.97, 16.32, 236.27)

OKLCH

oklch(42.7%, 0.0523, 226.08)

HWB

hwb(197.1, 17.6%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#653d2d

Analogous

#2d6559

#2d5565

#2d3965

Triadic

#2d5565

#652d55

#55652d

Split-complementary

#2d5565

#652d39

#65592d

Tetradic

#2d5565

#3d2d65

#653d2d

#55652d

Square

#2d5565

#592d65

#653d2d

#39652d

Shades

Color #2d5565 mixed toward black.

#254754

#1e3943

#162a32

#0f1c22

#070e11

Tints

Color #2d5565 mixed toward white.

#40788f

#579ab4

#81b3c7

#abccda

#d5e6ec

Tones

Color #2d5565 mixed toward gray.

#325360

#36515c

#3b4f57

#404d52

#444b4e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.6:1

White text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#424261 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#3f3c61 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#305e5e · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2d5565;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2d5565]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#2d5565 (#2d5565) is rgb(45, 85, 101) in RGB.

No, #2d5565 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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