#2e8bea

Color #2e8bea

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.43 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#2e8bea

RGB

rgb(46, 139, 234)

HSL

hsl(210.3, 81.7%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.3, 80.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.3%, 40.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(57.06, 6.32, -55.49)

LCH

lch(57.06, 55.85, 276.5)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.1664, 252.65)

HWB

hwb(210.3, 18%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea8d2e

Analogous

#2ee9ea

#2e8bea

#2f2eea

Triadic

#2e8bea

#ea2e8b

#8bea2e

Split-complementary

#2e8bea

#ea2f2e

#e9ea2e

Tetradic

#2e8bea

#8d2eea

#ea8d2e

#8bea2e

Square

#2e8bea

#ea2ee9

#ea8d2e

#2eea2f

Shades

Color #2e8bea mixed toward black.

#1574d4

#115daa

#0d457f

#092e55

#04172a

Tints

Color #2e8bea mixed toward white.

#519eed

#74b2f1

#97c5f4

#b9d8f8

#dcecfb

Tones

Color #2e8bea mixed toward gray.

#3e8bda

#4d8bcb

#5d8cbb

#6d8cab

#7c8c9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6465d8 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#5f58d3 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#37c8c4 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 24.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #2e8bea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e8bea]

Related colors

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#2e8bea (#2e8bea) is rgb(46, 139, 234) in RGB.

No, #2e8bea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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