#21272F#21272F

#21272F is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.017 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21272F
RGB	rgb(33, 39, 47)
HSL	hsl(214, 18%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(214, 30%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 17%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.38, -0.38, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.38, 6.13, 266.46°)
OKLab	oklab(27.03% -0.0043 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(27.03% 0.017 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.8657, 1.9795, 2.9726)
Luminance	0.0198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21272F #2F2921

analogous

#212E2F #21272F #22212F

triadic

#21272F #2F2127 #272F21

tetradic

#21272F #2F212E #2F2921 #212F22

square

#21272F #2F212E #2F2921 #212F22

split-complementary

#21272F #2F2221 #2E2F21

monochromatic

#0D0F12 #0D0F12 #21272F #3A4553 #536377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.04

#21272F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#21272F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #21272F

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21272F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##21272F	1.00	15.04	1.40	15.04
#FFFFFF	15.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24272F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23262F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D292A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21272f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 39, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.017 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c6167',
    500: '#21272f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21272f;
$custom-light: #5c6167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21272f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27031,
    "c": 0.01725,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21272F

secondary

#60574B

accent

#996EBA

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#040506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #21272F

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

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