#212496#212496

#212496 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.179 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#212496
RGB	rgb(33, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(238, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(238, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 39.27, -61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 73.27, 302.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0045 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.179 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7612, 3.7864, 29.2228)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#212496 #969321

analogous

#215E96 #212496 #592196

triadic

#212496 #962124 #249621

tetradic

#212496 #96215E #969321 #219659

square

#212496 #96215E #969321 #219659

split-complementary

#212496 #965921 #5E9621

monochromatic

#0B0C32 #161864 #212496 #2C30C8 #575BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#212496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#212496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #212496

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##212496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##212496	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #212496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.179 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7260b6',
    500: '#212496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #212496;
$custom-light: #7260b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#212496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35243,
    "c": 0.17913,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#212496

secondary

#BEBB55

accent

#E341E7

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #212496

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

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