#2e49ea

Color #2e49ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 22.35 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2e49ea

RGB

rgb(46, 73, 234)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 81.7%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 80.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(40.06, 47.39, -83.1)

LCH

lch(40.06, 95.66, 299.7)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.2409, 267.98)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 18%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eacf2e

Analogous

#2ea7ea

#2e49ea

#712eea

Triadic

#2e49ea

#ea2e49

#49ea2e

Split-complementary

#2e49ea

#ea712e

#a7ea2e

Tetradic

#2e49ea

#cf2eea

#eacf2e

#49ea2e

Square

#2e49ea

#ea2ea7

#eacf2e

#2eea71

Shades

Color #2e49ea mixed toward black.

#1531d4

#1127aa

#0d1d7f

#091355

#040a2a

Tints

Color #2e49ea mixed toward white.

#5167ed

#7486f1

#97a4f4

#b9c2f8

#dce1fb

Tones

Color #2e49ea mixed toward gray.

#3e54da

#4d5fcb

#5d6abb

#6d76ab

#7c819c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3b3cd1 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#3a38cb · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#30bbb5 · ΔE 47.3

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 30.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2e49ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e49ea]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#2e49ea (#2e49ea) is rgb(46, 73, 234) in RGB.

No, #2e49ea 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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