#21596A#21596A

#21596A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.064 H 221.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21596A
RGB	rgb(33, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, -12.34, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 19.53, 230.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% -0.048 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.064 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8000, 8.5080, 14.9167)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21596A #6A3221

analogous

#216A57 #21596A #21346A

triadic

#21596A #6A2159 #596A21

tetradic

#21596A #57216A #6A3221 #346A21

square

#21596A #57216A #6A3221 #346A21

split-complementary

#21596A #6A2134 #6A5721

monochromatic

#071417 #12323B #21596A #308099 #41A6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#21596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#21596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #21596A

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##21596A	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.064 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668894',
    500: '#21596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21596a;
$custom-light: #668894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43483,
    "c": 0.06394,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21596A

secondary

#9E5D49

accent

#6D4CDC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21596A

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

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