#2f88a6

Color #2f88a6

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.85 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#2f88a6

RGB

rgb(47, 136, 166)

HSL

hsl(195.1, 55.9%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.1, 71.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(52.91, -16.11, -23.5)

LCH

lch(52.91, 28.49, 235.57)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0938, 224.53)

HWB

hwb(195.1, 18.4%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a64d2f

Analogous

#2fa689

#2f88a6

#2f4da6

Triadic

#2f88a6

#a62f88

#88a62f

Split-complementary

#2f88a6

#a62f4d

#a6892f

Tetradic

#2f88a6

#4d2fa6

#a64d2f

#88a62f

Square

#2f88a6

#892fa6

#a64d2f

#4da62f

Shades

Color #2f88a6 mixed toward black.

#27718a

#1f5b6f

#184453

#102d37

#08171c

Tints

Color #2f88a6 mixed toward white.

#3ea6c8

#65b8d3

#8bc9de

#b2dbe9

#d8edf4

Tones

Color #2f88a6 mixed toward gray.

#39839c

#437e92

#4d7988

#57747e

#617075

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62639f · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#5d569e · ΔE 25.2

Tritanopia

#389a99 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f88a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f88a6]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#2f88a6 (#2f88a6) is rgb(47, 136, 166) in RGB.

No, #2f88a6 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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