#212172#212172

#212172 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.135 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#212172
RGB	rgb(33, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(240, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(240, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.48, 28.26, -46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.48, 54.45, 301.27°)
OKLab	oklab(30.9% 0.012 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(30.9% 0.135 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2073, 2.6256, 16.2014)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#212172 #727221

analogous

#214A72 #212172 #4A2172

triadic

#212172 #722121 #217221

tetradic

#212172 #72214A #727221 #21724A

square

#212172 #72214A #727221 #21724A

split-complementary

#212172 #724A21 #4A7221

monochromatic

#070718 #131343 #212172 #2F2FA1 #4444C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#212172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#212172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #212172

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##212172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##212172	1.00	13.77	1.53	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #212172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.135 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695d9b',
    500: '#212172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #212172;
$custom-light: #695d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#212172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30899,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#212172

secondary

#A5A549

accent

#DE49DE

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #212172

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

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