#21214D#21214D

#21214D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.079 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21214D
RGB	rgb(33, 33, 77)
HSL	hsl(240, 40%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(240, 57%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 57.1%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.21, 14.40, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.21, 30.87, 297.79°)
OKLab	oklab(27.47% 0.0135 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(27.47% 0.079 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.5102, 1.9467, 7.2632)
Luminance	0.0195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.09

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21214D #4D4D21

analogous

#21374D #21214D #37214D

triadic

#21214D #4D2121 #214D21

tetradic

#21214D #4D2137 #4D4D21 #214D37

square

#21214D #4D2137 #4D4D21 #214D37

split-complementary

#21214D #4D3721 #374D21

monochromatic

#090915 #0F0F22 #21214D #333378 #4646A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.11

#21214D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#21214D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #21214D

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21214D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##21214D	1.00	15.11	1.39	15.11
#FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A284F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06244C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2B33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21214d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 33, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.079 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#605c7f',
    500: '#21214d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21214d;
$custom-light: #605c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21214d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27471,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21214D

secondary

#818149

accent

#D058D0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#05040A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #21214D

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

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