#2e95c8

Color #2e95c8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.9 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2e95c8

RGB

rgb(46, 149, 200)

HSL

hsl(199.9, 62.6%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.9, 77%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(77%, 25.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(58.27, -11.75, -34.56)

LCH

lch(58.27, 36.5, 251.22)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.1188, 235.15)

HWB

hwb(199.9, 18%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8612e

Analogous

#2ec8ae

#2e95c8

#2e48c8

Triadic

#2e95c8

#c82e95

#95c82e

Split-complementary

#2e95c8

#c82e48

#c8ae2e

Tetradic

#2e95c8

#612ec8

#c8612e

#95c82e

Square

#2e95c8

#ae2ec8

#c8612e

#48c82e

Shades

Color #2e95c8 mixed toward black.

#267ca7

#1f6385

#174a64

#0f3243

#081921

Tints

Color #2e95c8 mixed toward white.

#4ca8d6

#70b9de

#94cbe6

#b7dcef

#dbeef7

Tones

Color #2e95c8 mixed toward gray.

#3b90bb

#488cae

#5488a1

#618495

#6e7f88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6bbd · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#655dbb · ΔE 25.5

Tritanopia

#39b4b2 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2e95c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e95c8]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#2e95c8 (#2e95c8) is rgb(46, 149, 200) in RGB.

No, #2e95c8 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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