#2f389a

Color #2f389a

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.24 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2f389a

RGB

rgb(47, 56, 154)

HSL

hsl(235, 53.2%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235, 69.5%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.5%, 63.6%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(28.81, 29.71, -54.64)

LCH

lch(28.81, 62.19, 298.53)

OKLCH

oklch(39.8%, 0.1579, 272.83)

HWB

hwb(235, 18.4%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a912f

Analogous

#2f6d9a

#2f389a

#5c2f9a

Triadic

#2f389a

#9a2f38

#389a2f

Split-complementary

#2f389a

#9a5c2f

#6d9a2f

Tetradic

#2f389a

#912f9a

#9a912f

#389a2f

Square

#2f389a

#9a2f6d

#9a912f

#2f9a5c

Shades

Color #2f389a mixed toward black.

#272f80

#1f2567

#181c4d

#101333

#08091a

Tints

Color #2f389a mixed toward white.

#3b46c1

#616acf

#898fdb

#b0b5e7

#d8daf3

Tones

Color #2f389a mixed toward gray.

#383f91

#414788

#4a4e7f

#535676

#5c5d6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.15:1

White text reads better on this background (9.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#33338a · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#333286 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#2f7c78 · ΔE 35.5

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f389a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f389a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#2f389a (#2f389a) is rgb(47, 56, 154) in RGB.

No, #2f389a 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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