#21272E#21272E

#21272E is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.016 H 252.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21272E
RGB	rgb(33, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(212, 16%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(212, 28%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.34, -0.68, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.34, 5.52, 262.90°)
OKLab	oklab(26.98% -0.0047 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(26.98% 0.016 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8457, 1.9716, 2.8675)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21272E #2E2821

analogous

#212D2E #21272E #21212E

triadic

#21272E #2E2127 #272E21

tetradic

#21272E #2E212D #2E2821 #212E21

square

#21272E #2E212D #2E2821 #212E21

split-complementary

#21272E #2E2121 #2D2E21

monochromatic

#0D0F12 #0D0F12 #21272E #3B4552 #546375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.06

#21272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#21272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #21272E

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##21272E	1.00	15.06	1.39	15.06
#FFFFFF	15.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25272E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23262E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E2929

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.016 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6166',
    500: '#21272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21272e;
$custom-light: #5c6166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26984,
    "c": 0.01565,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21272E

secondary

#5F564C

accent

#976FB9

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#040506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #21272E

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

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