#2f99bc

Color #2f99bc

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.27 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#2f99bc

RGB

rgb(47, 153, 188)

HSL

hsl(194.9, 60%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.9, 75%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(75%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(58.99, -17.93, -26.68)

LCH

lch(58.99, 32.15, 236.1)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.1064, 224.7)

HWB

hwb(194.9, 18.4%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc522f

Analogous

#2fbc99

#2f99bc

#2f53bc

Triadic

#2f99bc

#bc2f99

#99bc2f

Split-complementary

#2f99bc

#bc2f53

#bc992f

Tetradic

#2f99bc

#522fbc

#bc522f

#99bc2f

Square

#2f99bc

#992fbc

#bc522f

#53bc2f

Shades

Color #2f99bc mixed toward black.

#27809d

#1f667d

#184d5e

#10333f

#081a1f

Tints

Color #2f99bc mixed toward white.

#48afd1

#6cbfda

#91cfe4

#b6dfed

#daeff6

Tones

Color #2f99bc mixed toward gray.

#3b93b0

#478da5

#528799

#5e818d

#6a7b81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6eb4 · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#685fb2 · ΔE 27.7

Tritanopia

#3aaead · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f99bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f99bc]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#2f99bc (#2f99bc) is rgb(47, 153, 188) in RGB.

No, #2f99bc 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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