#2f236c

Color #2f236c

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 10.57 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2f236c

RGB

rgb(47, 35, 108)

HSL

hsl(249.9, 51%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.9, 67.6%, 42.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.5%, 67.6%, 0%, 57.6%)

LAB

lab(19.59, 27.18, -40.78)

LCH

lch(19.59, 49.01, 303.68)

OKLCH

oklch(31.8%, 0.1211, 284.69)

HWB

hwb(249.9, 13.7%, 57.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#606c23

Analogous

#233b6c

#2f236c

#53236c

Triadic

#2f236c

#6c2f23

#236c2f

Split-complementary

#2f236c

#6c5323

#3b6c23

Tetradic

#2f236c

#6c2360

#606c23

#236c2f

Square

#2f236c

#6c233b

#606c23

#236c53

Shades

Color #2f236c mixed toward black.

#271d5a

#1f1748

#181136

#100c24

#080612

Tints

Color #2f236c mixed toward white.

#43329a

#5b46c3

#8474d2

#ada3e1

#d6d1f0

Tones

Color #2f236c mixed toward gray.

#332966

#372f60

#3b355a

#3f3b54

#43414d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.58:1

White text reads better on this background (13.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a60 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#2b2c5d · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#2e5653 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#2f2f2f · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f236c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f236c]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#2f236c (#2f236c) is rgb(47, 35, 108) in RGB.

No, #2f236c 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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