#21496B#21496B

#21496B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.073 H 246.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21496B
RGB	rgb(33, 73, 107)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 31.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, -2.07, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 23.97, 265.04°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% -0.029 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.073 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6626, 6.1494, 14.7956)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21496B #6B4321

analogous

#216B68 #21496B #21246B

triadic

#21496B #6B2149 #496B21

tetradic

#21496B #68216B #6B4321 #246B21

square

#21496B #68216B #6B4321 #246B21

split-complementary

#21496B #6B2124 #6B6821

monochromatic

#071017 #13293C #21496B #2F699A #4289C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#21496B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#21496B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #21496B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21496B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##21496B	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30436A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21496b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 73, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.073 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657b95',
    500: '#21496b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21496b;
$custom-light: #657b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21496b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.568,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39339,
    "c": 0.07342,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21496B

secondary

#9F7049

accent

#8E4CDC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF1

border

#C6C8CB

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21496B

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

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