#221a7e

Color #221a7e

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 7.58 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#221a7e

RGB

rgb(34, 26, 126)

HSL

hsl(244.8, 65.8%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.8, 79.4%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(73%, 79.4%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(18.3, 36.9, -54.52)

LCH

lch(18.3, 65.83, 304.09)

OKLCH

oklch(31.2%, 0.1584, 275.58)

HWB

hwb(244.8, 10.2%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#767e1a

Analogous

#1a447e

#221a7e

#541a7e

Triadic

#221a7e

#7e221a

#1a7e22

Split-complementary

#221a7e

#7e541a

#447e1a

Tetradic

#221a7e

#7e1a76

#767e1a

#1a7e22

Square

#221a7e

#7e1a44

#767e1a

#1a7e54

Shades

Color #221a7e mixed toward black.

#1c1669

#171154

#110d3f

#0b092a

#060415

Tints

Color #221a7e mixed toward white.

#2f24af

#4639d6

#746be0

#a29ceb

#d1cef5

Tones

Color #221a7e mixed toward gray.

#292276

#302b6d

#373365

#3e3b5d

#454454

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.52:1

White text reads better on this background (13.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f70 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#1f206c · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#22625f · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#2d2d2d · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #221a7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#221a7e]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#221a7e (#221a7e) is rgb(34, 26, 126) in RGB.

No, #221a7e 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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