#2d5696

Color #2d5696

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.29 Nearest Tailwind class sky-800 #00598a · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2d5696

RGB

rgb(45, 86, 150)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 53.8%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 70%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(70%, 42.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(36.77, 7.9, -39.36)

LCH

lch(36.77, 40.14, 281.35)

OKLCH

oklch(45.7%, 0.1145, 259.02)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 17.6%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#966d2d

Analogous

#2d8a96

#2d5696

#392d96

Triadic

#2d5696

#962d56

#56962d

Split-complementary

#2d5696

#96392d

#8a962d

Tetradic

#2d5696

#6d2d96

#966d2d

#56962d

Square

#2d5696

#962d8a

#966d2d

#2d9639

Shades

Color #2d5696 mixed toward black.

#26487d

#1e3964

#172b4b

#0f1d32

#080e19

Tints

Color #2d5696 mixed toward white.

#396dbe

#5d8ace

#86a7db

#aec4e7

#d7e2f3

Tones

Color #2d5696 mixed toward gray.

#36588d

#3e5a84

#475c7c

#505e73

#595f6a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.88:1

White text reads better on this background (7.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#42438a · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#403d87 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#307f7d · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2d5696;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2d5696]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#2d5696 (#2d5696) is rgb(45, 86, 150) in RGB.

No, #2d5696 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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