#2f5960

Color #2f5960

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 6.31 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2f5960

RGB

rgb(47, 89, 96)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 34.3%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 51%, 37.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(51%, 7.3%, 0%, 62.4%)

LAB

lab(35.19, -12.51, -8.59)

LCH

lch(35.19, 15.18, 214.48)

OKLCH

oklch(43.7%, 0.0482, 209.44)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 18.4%, 62.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#60362f

Analogous

#2f604e

#2f5960

#2f4060

Triadic

#2f5960

#602f59

#59602f

Split-complementary

#2f5960

#602f40

#604e2f

Tetradic

#2f5960

#362f60

#60362f

#59602f

Square

#2f5960

#4e2f60

#60362f

#40602f

Shades

Color #2f5960 mixed toward black.

#274a50

#1f3b40

#172c30

#101e20

#080f10

Tints

Color #2f5960 mixed toward white.

#437f89

#5ba3af

#84bac3

#add1d7

#d6e8eb

Tones

Color #2f5960 mixed toward gray.

#33565c

#375358

#3b5054

#3f4d50

#434a4b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.72:1

White text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#45455e · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#423f5e · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#325d5d · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f5960;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f5960]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#2f5960 (#2f5960) is rgb(47, 89, 96) in RGB.

No, #2f5960 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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