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#2da7f3

a balanced, electric blue · cool · closest name: Deep Sky Blue

Token name suggestion: Atlas Sapphire

RGB
45, 167, 243
HSL
203°, 89%, 57%
CMYK
82, 31, 0, 5
Luminance
0.3467

#2da7f3 is a balanced electric blue, 203° on the wheel and 97/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.93:1). As text it scores 2.65:1 on white — use #0B7ABF instead. Nearest name is Deep Sky Blue, nearest Tailwind family is sky.

hsl(203 89% 57%)rgb(45 167 243)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2da7f3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2da7f3
Hue
203°
blue
Saturation
89%
electric
Lightness
57%
balanced
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
60%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3467
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
97/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
7.93:1
Closest name
Deep Sky Blue
ΔE2000 8.2
Chroma
47.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.699
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
sky
500 · ΔE 2.6
Web-safe
#3399FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue203° of 360°
Saturation89%
Lightness57%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2da7f3.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool97% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red2%
Green80%
Blue19%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#2da7f3
HEX (8-digit)#2da7f3ff
RGBrgb(45, 167, 243)
RGBArgba(45, 167, 243, 1)
HSLhsl(203, 89%, 57%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203, 81%, 95%)
HWBhwb(203 18% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 31%, 0%, 5%)
LABlab(65.5 -6.8 -47.1)
LCHlch(65.5 47.6 261.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.699 0.151 242.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(31.07, 34.66, 89.83)
Decimal2992115
Display P3color(display-p3 0.176 0.655 0.953)
Web-safe#3399FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2da7f3;
background-color: #2da7f3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2da7f3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2da7f3] bg-[#2da7f3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2da7f3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.176, green: 0.655, blue: 0.953)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.176, green: 0.655, blue: 0.953, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2DA7F3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2DA7F3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2DA7F3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(243, 167, 45)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(45, 167, 243)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(45, 167, 243)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 45, 167, 243)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1765f, 0.6549f, 0.9529f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{45,167,243}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2da7f3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2da7f3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#074D79, #D3E4EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2da7f3 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2F9FD;
  --brand-100: #E5F2FB;
  --brand-200: #C4E4F8;
  --brand-300: #95D3F9;
  --brand-400: #60BCF6;
  --brand-500: #2da7f3;
  --brand-600: #0D94E8;
  --brand-700: #0B7BC1;
  --brand-800: #09639A;
  --brand-900: #0B496F;
  --brand-950: #072E46;
  --brand: #2da7f3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F8FA;
  --brand-border: #C0DBED;
  --brand-hover: #0E98EF;
  --brand-pressed: #0C83CD;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141E24;
    --brand-ink: #D3E4EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F2F9FD',
        100: '#E5F2FB',
        200: '#C4E4F8',
        300: '#95D3F9',
        400: '#60BCF6',
        500: '#2da7f3',
        600: '#0D94E8',
        700: '#0B7BC1',
        800: '#09639A',
        900: '#0B496F',
        950: '#072E46',
        DEFAULT: '#2da7f3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F2F9FD,
  '100': #E5F2FB,
  '200': #C4E4F8,
  '300': #95D3F9,
  '400': #60BCF6,
  '500': #2da7f3,
  '600': #0D94E8,
  '700': #0B7BC1,
  '800': #09639A,
  '900': #0B496F,
  '950': #072E46,
);
$brand-base: #2da7f3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F2F9FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E5F2FB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C4E4F8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#95D3F9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#60BCF6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2da7f3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#0D94E8", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#0B7BC1", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#09639A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#0B496F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#072E46", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #2da7f3 · 7.93:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.65:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.93:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #2da7f3 as text scores 2.65:1 on white and 7.93:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #074D79 at 3.38:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#0B7ABF · 4.62:1
AA on white−17% L
#0B7ABF
The quick fox
#085B8E · 7.25:1
AAA on white−27% L
#085B8E
The quick fox
#2da7f3 · 7.93:1
AA on blackalready passes
#2da7f3
The quick fox
#2da7f3 · 7.93:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#2da7f3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #109BF1 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2da7f3 on white: 2.65:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2da7f3 on black: 7.93:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2da7f3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2da7f3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.65:1AaAa
Slate 502.53:1AaAa
Slate 1002.42:1AaAa
Slate 2002.15:1AaAa
Slate 3001.78:1AaAa
Slate 4001.03:1AaAa
Slate 5001.80:1AaAa
Slate 6002.86:1AaAa
Slate 7003.91:1AaAa
Slate 8005.53:1AaAa
Slate 9006.74:1AaAa
Black7.93:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #83A9F6
deuteranopia · #6897F2
tritanopia · #00BAC2

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #2da7f3 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2F9FD
#E5F2FB
#C4E4F8
#95D3F9
#60BCF6
#2da7f3
#0D94E8
#0B7BC1
#09639A
#0B496F
#072E46
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F2F9FDDarkest = 950 · #072E46Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.038 242.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.061 242.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.091 242.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.118 242.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.139 242.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.151 242.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.151 242.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.142 242.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.127 242.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.106 242.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.083 242.1);
}

Colors that work with #2da7f3

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F8FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0DBED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B7C9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#F74429
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#074D79
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E7F5FE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141E24
Dark-mode background
Hover#0E98EF
One step down in lightness
Pressed#0C83CD
Two steps down
Disabled#BCCBD4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#36B2FE
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #2da7f3

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #074D79
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #109BF1

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight44/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#F3792D
Analogous left#2DF3DC
Analogous right#2D44F3
Split-complement 1#F32D44
Split-complement 2#F3DC2D
Triadic 1#F32DA7
Triadic 2#A7F32D
Tetradic#DC2DF3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°203°

#2da7f3 sits at 203°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red17.6%
Green65.5%
Blue95.3%
R · 0–255
45
0x2d
G · 0–255
167
0xa7
B · 0–255
243
0xf3

CMYK percentages

Cyan81.5%
Magenta31.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 118%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2da7f3 text on a black background

contrast 7.93:1

Card sample

#2da7f3 text on a white background

contrast 2.65:1

Card sample

#2da7f3 on grey

2.42:1

#2da7f3 on its own surface

2.48:1

#2da7f3 on its dark surface

6.39:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2da7f3;
Background color
Panel with #2da7f3 background
background-color: #2da7f3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2da7f3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(45, 167, 243, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(45, 167, 243, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2da7f3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2da7f3, #372DF3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2da7f3, #682DF3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2da7f3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2da7f3;
caret-color: #2da7f3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2da7f3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E7F5FE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2da7f3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2da7f3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2da7f3 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(45, 167, 243, 0.5)
rgb(45 167 243 / 50%)
#2da7f380
hsl(203 89% 57% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2da7f3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2da7f31a#EAF6FE
20%#2da7f333#D5EDFD
40%#2da7f366#ABDCFA
60%#2da7f399#81CAF8
80%#2da7f3cc#57B9F5

Gradients from #2da7f3

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #67BFF6, #2da7f3 45%, #074D79);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2da7f3, #2E10F1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2da7f3, #F3792D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #84CCF8 0%, #2da7f3 45%, #074D79 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F8FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #5DF6D7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #4A50F5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #074D79 0%, transparent 65%), #2da7f3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2da7f3

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#2da7f3 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.93:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#2da7f3, answered

What color is #2da7f3?

#2da7f3 is a balanced electric blue, closest to Deep Sky Blue (ΔE2000 8.2). It sits at 203° on the hue wheel with 89% saturation and 57% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2da7f3?

rgb(45, 167, 243) — 45 red, 167 green and 243 blue out of 255, or 17.6% / 65.5% / 95.3% by channel.

What is #2da7f3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(203, 89%, 57%) and hsv(203, 81%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2da7f3 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3467 and perceived brightness is 60%, so black text on it reaches 7.93:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2da7f3?

Black. It scores 7.93:1 against #2da7f3, versus 2.65:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #2da7f3 accessible on a white background?

#2da7f3 on white scores 2.65:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #0B7ABF to reach 4.5:1, or #085B8E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #2da7f3?

#F3792D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F32D44 and #F3DC2D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2da7f3?

For interface work: #F4F8FA as the surface, #C0DBED for borders, #4B7C9B for secondary text, #F74429 as an accent and #074D79 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #2DF3DC and #2D44F3 stays calm, while #F3792D is the loudest partner.

What is #2da7f3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(82%, 31%, 0%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #2da7f3 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 97 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #2DF0F3; nudged cooler, #138DF4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2da7f3?

The sky family — its 500 step is #0ea5e9, ΔE2000 2.6 away. That is close enough to swap in without anyone noticing.

How do I use #2da7f3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2da7f3] or text-[#2da7f3], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #2da7f3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(45, 167, 243, 0.5), or #2da7f380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #96D3F9; over black, #17547A.

Is #2da7f3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #3399FF, ΔE2000 6.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2da7f3 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #2da7f3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #67BFF6, #2da7f3 45%, #074D79). For more colour, a short hue run to #2E10F1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2da7f3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2da7f3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.