#221156

Color #221156

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 12.04 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#221156

RGB

rgb(34, 17, 86)

HSL

hsl(254.8, 67%, 20.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.8, 80.2%, 33.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 66.3%)

LAB

lab(12.04, 28.6, -38.58)

LCH

lch(12.04, 48.02, 306.55)

OKLCH

oklch(25.4%, 0.1156, 286.18)

HWB

hwb(254.8, 6.7%, 66.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#455611

Analogous

#112256

#221156

#451156

Triadic

#221156

#562211

#115622

Split-complementary

#221156

#564511

#225611

Tetradic

#221156

#561145

#455611

#115622

Square

#221156

#561122

#455611

#115645

Shades

Color #221156 mixed toward black.

#1c0e48

#170b39

#11082b

#0b061d

#06030e

Tints

Color #221156 mixed toward white.

#381c8f

#4f27c7

#7755dd

#a48ee9

#d2c6f4

Tones

Color #221156 mixed toward gray.

#251750

#281d4b

#2b2245

#2e283f

#312e39

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.28:1

White text reads better on this background (16.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1c1c4c · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#1d1e49 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#214240 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#202020 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #221156;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#221156]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#221156 (#221156) is rgb(34, 17, 86) in RGB.

No, #221156 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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