#2d85ae

Color #2d85ae

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.48 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2d85ae

RGB

rgb(45, 133, 174)

HSL

hsl(199.1, 58.9%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.1, 74.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(52.27, -11.97, -29.1)

LCH

lch(52.27, 31.47, 247.64)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.1027, 232.92)

HWB

hwb(199.1, 17.6%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae562d

Analogous

#2dae96

#2d85ae

#2d44ae

Triadic

#2d85ae

#ae2d85

#85ae2d

Split-complementary

#2d85ae

#ae2d44

#ae962d

Tetradic

#2d85ae

#562dae

#ae562d

#85ae2d

Square

#2d85ae

#962dae

#ae562d

#44ae2d

Shades

Color #2d85ae mixed toward black.

#256f91

#1e5974

#164257

#0f2c3a

#07161d

Tints

Color #2d85ae mixed toward white.

#3ea0cd

#65b3d7

#8bc6e1

#b2d9eb

#d8ecf5

Tones

Color #2d85ae mixed toward gray.

#3881a3

#427d98

#4d798e

#587583

#637178

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6061a5 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#5b54a3 · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#369e9c · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2d85ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2d85ae]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#2d85ae (#2d85ae) is rgb(45, 133, 174) in RGB.

No, #2d85ae 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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