#428ff2

Color #428ff2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 6.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#428ff2

RGB

rgb(66, 143, 242)

HSL

hsl(213.8, 87.1%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.8, 72.7%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.7%, 40.9%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(59.17, 9.05, -56.52)

LCH

lch(59.17, 57.24, 279.1)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.1664, 256.02)

HWB

hwb(213.8, 25.9%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f2a542

Analogous

#42e7f2

#428ff2

#4d42f2

Triadic

#428ff2

#f2428f

#8ff242

Split-complementary

#428ff2

#f24d42

#e7f242

Tetradic

#428ff2

#a542f2

#f2a542

#8ff242

Square

#428ff2

#f242e7

#f2a542

#42f24d

Shades

Color #428ff2 mixed toward black.

#1272ef

#0d5bc0

#0a4590

#072e60

#031730

Tints

Color #428ff2 mixed toward white.

#62a2f4

#81b4f6

#a1c7f8

#c0dafb

#e0ecfd

Tones

Color #428ff2 mixed toward gray.

#5191e3

#5f93d5

#6e94c6

#7d96b7

#8b98a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6ddf · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#6861da · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#48cfcb · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #428ff2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#428ff2]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#428ff2 (#428ff2) is rgb(66, 143, 242) in RGB.

No, #428ff2 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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