#21169E#21169E

#21169E is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.200 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21169E
RGB	rgb(33, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(245, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(245, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.45, 48.99, -69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.45, 84.83, 305.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% 0.007 -0.2003)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.2 272)
XYZ	xyz(7.0836, 3.3650, 32.6173)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21169E #939E16

analogous

#164F9E #21169E #65169E

triadic

#21169E #9E2116 #169E21

tetradic

#21169E #9E164F #939E16 #169E65

square

#21169E #9E164F #939E16 #169E65

split-complementary

#21169E #9E6516 #4F9E16

monochromatic

#0B0733 #160F68 #21169E #2C1DD4 #5549E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#21169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#21169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #21169E

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##21169E	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.200 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7559bc',
    500: '#21169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21169e;
$custom-light: #7559bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.853,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3447,
    "c": 0.20043,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.03366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21169E

secondary

#BDC749

accent

#F236E3

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #21169E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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