#2e66bd

Color #2e66bd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.4 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#2e66bd

RGB

rgb(46, 102, 189)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 60.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 75.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.7%, 46%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(43.88, 12.45, -51.05)

LCH

lch(43.88, 52.55, 283.71)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.1491, 259.1)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 18%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd852e

Analogous

#2eaebd

#2e66bd

#3d2ebd

Triadic

#2e66bd

#bd2e66

#66bd2e

Split-complementary

#2e66bd

#bd3d2e

#aebd2e

Tetradic

#2e66bd

#852ebd

#bd852e

#66bd2e

Square

#2e66bd

#bd2eae

#bd852e

#2ebd3d

Shades

Color #2e66bd mixed toward black.

#26559e

#1f447e

#17335f

#0f223f

#081120

Tints

Color #2e66bd mixed toward white.

#477dd2

#6c97db

#90b1e4

#b5cbed

#dae5f6

Tones

Color #2e66bd mixed toward gray.

#3a69b1

#466ba5

#526e99

#5e708d

#6a7381

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.75:1

White text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4dad · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#4945a9 · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#339f9c · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2e66bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e66bd]

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

#2e66bd (#2e66bd) is rgb(46, 102, 189) in RGB.

No, #2e66bd 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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