#2f515e

Color #2f515e

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.42 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2f515e

RGB

rgb(47, 81, 94)

HSL

hsl(196.6, 33.3%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.6, 50%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 13.8%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(32.47, -8.38, -11.43)

LCH

lch(32.47, 14.17, 233.75)

OKLCH

oklch(41.4%, 0.0451, 224.46)

HWB

hwb(196.6, 18.4%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e3c2f

Analogous

#2f5e53

#2f515e

#2f395e

Triadic

#2f515e

#5e2f51

#515e2f

Split-complementary

#2f515e

#5e2f39

#5e532f

Tetradic

#2f515e

#3c2f5e

#5e3c2f

#515e2f

Square

#2f515e

#532f5e

#5e3c2f

#395e2f

Shades

Color #2f515e mixed toward black.

#27434e

#1f363f

#17282f

#101b1f

#080d10

Tints

Color #2f515e mixed toward white.

#437487

#5b96ad

#84b0c1

#adcbd6

#d6e5ea

Tones

Color #2f515e mixed toward gray.

#334f5a

#374d56

#3b4c52

#3f4a4e

#42484a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.46:1

White text reads better on this background (8.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#40415b · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#3e3c5a · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#315958 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f515e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f515e]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#2f515e (#2f515e) is rgb(47, 81, 94) in RGB.

No, #2f515e 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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