#2f758e

Color #2f758e

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.39 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#2f758e

RGB

rgb(47, 117, 142)

HSL

hsl(195.8, 50.3%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.8, 66.9%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(46.01, -13.61, -20.08)

LCH

lch(46.01, 24.26, 235.87)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.0793, 225)

HWB

hwb(195.8, 18.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e482f

Analogous

#2f8e78

#2f758e

#2f468e

Triadic

#2f758e

#8e2f75

#758e2f

Split-complementary

#2f758e

#8e2f46

#8e782f

Tetradic

#2f758e

#482f8e

#8e482f

#758e2f

Square

#2f758e

#782f8e

#8e482f

#468e2f

Shades

Color #2f758e mixed toward black.

#276276

#1f4e5f

#183b47

#10272f

#081418

Tints

Color #2f758e mixed toward white.

#3c96b6

#5eaeca

#86c2d7

#afd6e4

#d7ebf2

Tones

Color #2f758e mixed toward gray.

#377186

#3f6e7e

#476a76

#4f666e

#576267

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.06:1

White text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565788 · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#524d87 · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#358483 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f758e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f758e]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#2f758e (#2f758e) is rgb(47, 117, 142) in RGB.

No, #2f758e 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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