#221259

Color #221259

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 10.7 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#221259

RGB

rgb(34, 18, 89)

HSL

hsl(253.5, 66.4%, 21%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.5, 79.8%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.8%, 79.8%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(12.57, 29.02, -39.75)

LCH

lch(12.57, 49.22, 306.13)

OKLCH

oklch(25.9%, 0.1185, 284.92)

HWB

hwb(253.5, 7.1%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#495912

Analogous

#122659

#221259

#461259

Triadic

#221259

#592212

#125922

Split-complementary

#221259

#594612

#265912

Tetradic

#221259

#591249

#495912

#125922

Square

#221259

#591226

#495912

#125946

Shades

Color #221259 mixed toward black.

#1c0f4a

#170c3b

#11092d

#0b061e

#06030f

Tints

Color #221259 mixed toward white.

#371d91

#4d29c9

#7557dd

#a38fe8

#d1c7f4

Tones

Color #221259 mixed toward gray.

#251853

#291e4d

#2c2447

#2f2a41

#32303b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.3:1

White text reads better on this background (16.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1c1c4f · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#1d1e4c · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#214543 · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#212121 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #221259;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#221259]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#221259 (#221259) is rgb(34, 18, 89) in RGB.

No, #221259 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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