#2f70dc

Color #2f70dc

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 9.41 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2f70dc

RGB

rgb(47, 112, 220)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 71.2%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 78.6%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(78.6%, 49.1%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(48.71, 17.89, -61.05)

LCH

lch(48.71, 63.62, 286.33)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.1783, 260.08)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 18.4%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dc9b2f

Analogous

#2fc6dc

#2f70dc

#452fdc

Triadic

#2f70dc

#dc2f70

#70dc2f

Split-complementary

#2f70dc

#dc452f

#c6dc2f

Tetradic

#2f70dc

#9b2fdc

#dc9b2f

#70dc2f

Square

#2f70dc

#dc2fc6

#dc9b2f

#2fdc45

Shades

Color #2f70dc mixed toward black.

#205cbf

#1a4999

#133772

#0d254c

#061226

Tints

Color #2f70dc mixed toward white.

#5288e2

#74a0e8

#97b8ee

#bacff3

#dce7f9

Tones

Color #2f70dc mixed toward gray.

#3e74ce

#4c77bf

#5a7bb1

#697ea2

#778294

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.47:1

White text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5353c9 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#4f4ac4 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#35b7b3 · ΔE 36.6

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 26.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #2f70dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f70dc]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#2f70dc (#2f70dc) is rgb(47, 112, 220) in RGB.

No, #2f70dc 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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