#212596#212596

#212596 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.178 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#212596
RGB	rgb(33, 37, 150)
HSL	hsl(238, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(238, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 75.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.16, 38.69, -61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.16, 72.66, 302.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.004 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.178 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7919, 3.8477, 29.2330)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#212596 #969221

analogous

#215F96 #212596 #572196

triadic

#212596 #962125 #259621

tetradic

#212596 #96215F #969221 #219657

square

#212596 #96215F #969221 #219657

split-complementary

#212596 #965721 #5F9621

monochromatic

#0B0C32 #161964 #212596 #2C31C8 #575CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#212596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#212596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #212596

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##212596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##212596	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #212596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 37, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.178 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7161b6',
    500: '#212596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #212596;
$custom-light: #7161b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#212596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.949,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35391,
    "c": 0.17812,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#212596

secondary

#BEBA55

accent

#E141E7

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDEAF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #212596

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

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