#2f3c74

Color #2f3c74

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#2f3c74

RGB

rgb(47, 60, 116)

HSL

hsl(228.7, 42.3%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.7, 59.5%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.5%, 48.3%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(27.01, 13.03, -33.94)

LCH

lch(27.01, 36.36, 291)

OKLCH

oklch(37.6%, 0.0968, 271.24)

HWB

hwb(228.7, 18.4%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74672f

Analogous

#2f5f74

#2f3c74

#452f74

Triadic

#2f3c74

#742f3c

#3c742f

Split-complementary

#2f3c74

#74452f

#5f742f

Tetradic

#2f3c74

#672f74

#74672f

#3c742f

Square

#2f3c74

#742f5f

#74672f

#2f7445

Shades

Color #2f3c74 mixed toward black.

#273261

#1f284d

#181e3a

#101427

#080a13

Tints

Color #2f3c74 mixed toward white.

#40519d

#5b6dbc

#8491cd

#adb6de

#d6daee

Tones

Color #2f3c74 mixed toward gray.

#35406e

#3b4369

#404763

#464a5d

#4c4e57

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.02:1

White text reads better on this background (10.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#35356a · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#343367 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#30615e · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#404040 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f3c74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f3c74]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#2f3c74 (#2f3c74) is rgb(47, 60, 116) in RGB.

No, #2f3c74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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