#21499A#21499A

#21499A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 262.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21499A
RGB	rgb(33, 73, 154)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(220, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 52.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 16.43, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 51.00, 288.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% -0.0186 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.14 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8404, 7.4205, 31.5320)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21499A #9A7221

analogous

#21869A #21499A #35219A

triadic

#21499A #9A2149 #499A21

tetradic

#21499A #9A2186 #9A7221 #219A35

square

#21499A #9A2186 #9A7221 #219A35

split-complementary

#21499A #9A3521 #869A21

monochromatic

#0B1935 #163168 #21499A #2C61CC #5A85DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#21499A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#21499A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #21499A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21499A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##21499A	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12539D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21499a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 73, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7bb8',
    500: '#21499a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21499a;
$custom-light: #6f7bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21499a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.165,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42585,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21499A

secondary

#C09D57

accent

#B040E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #21499A

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

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