#212A9C#212A9C

#212A9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.181 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#212A9C
RGB	rgb(33, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 37.79, -62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 72.90, 301.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.0009 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.181 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4539, 4.3787, 31.8984)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#212A9C #9C9321

analogous

#21679C #212A9C #56219C

triadic

#212A9C #9C212A #2A9C21

tetradic

#212A9C #9C2167 #9C9321 #219C56

square

#212A9C #9C2167 #9C9321 #219C56

split-complementary

#212A9C #9C5621 #679C21

monochromatic

#0C0F37 #161C69 #212A9C #2C38CF #5B65DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#212A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#212A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #212A9C

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##212A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##212A9C	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #212a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.181 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7364ba',
    500: '#212a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #212a9c;
$custom-light: #7364ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#212a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36814,
    "c": 0.18052,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#212A9C

secondary

#C1B958

accent

#DC40E8

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090512

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #212A9C

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

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