#2e3b9b

Color #2e3b9b

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.11 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#2e3b9b

RGB

rgb(46, 59, 155)

HSL

hsl(232.8, 54.2%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.8, 70.3%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.3%, 61.9%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(29.6, 27.96, -53.97)

LCH

lch(29.6, 60.78, 297.39)

OKLCH

oklch(40.4%, 0.1558, 271.58)

HWB

hwb(232.8, 18%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8e2e

Analogous

#2e729b

#2e3b9b

#572e9b

Triadic

#2e3b9b

#9b2e3b

#3b9b2e

Split-complementary

#2e3b9b

#9b572e

#729b2e

Tetradic

#2e3b9b

#8e2e9b

#9b8e2e

#3b9b2e

Square

#2e3b9b

#9b2e72

#9b8e2e

#2e9b57

Shades

Color #2e3b9b mixed toward black.

#263181

#1f2767

#171e4d

#0f1434

#080a1a

Tints

Color #2e3b9b mixed toward white.

#3a4ac3

#606ed0

#8892dc

#b0b6e7

#d7dbf3

Tones

Color #2e3b9b mixed toward gray.

#374292

#404989

#495080

#525777

#5b5e6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.22:1

White text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#34348b · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#333287 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#2f7d79 · ΔE 35.2

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2e3b9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e3b9b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#2e3b9b (#2e3b9b) is rgb(46, 59, 155) in RGB.

No, #2e3b9b 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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