#2e70bd

Color #2e70bd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.76 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#2e70bd

RGB

rgb(46, 112, 189)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 60.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 75.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.7%, 40.7%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(46.77, 6.12, -46.44)

LCH

lch(46.77, 46.84, 277.51)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.1377, 254.46)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 18%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd7b2e

Analogous

#2eb8bd

#2e70bd

#332ebd

Triadic

#2e70bd

#bd2e70

#70bd2e

Split-complementary

#2e70bd

#bd332e

#b8bd2e

Tetradic

#2e70bd

#7b2ebd

#bd7b2e

#70bd2e

Square

#2e70bd

#bd2eb8

#bd7b2e

#2ebd33

Shades

Color #2e70bd mixed toward black.

#265d9e

#1f4b7e

#17385f

#0f253f

#081320

Tints

Color #2e70bd mixed toward white.

#4787d2

#6c9fdb

#90b7e4

#b5cfed

#dae7f6

Tones

Color #2e70bd mixed toward gray.

#3a71b1

#4672a5

#527399

#5e748d

#6a7581

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5353ae · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#4f4aab · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#34a19e · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2e70bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e70bd]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#2e70bd (#2e70bd) is rgb(46, 112, 189) in RGB.

No, #2e70bd 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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