Information about #021517 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #021517 reads as a strongly colored water-like cyan and keeps to the darkest edge of the palette. Designers typically reach for tones like this for moody backdrops, typography on light surfaces and premium packaging. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Very Deep Azure (#000E1D). Slightly further away sit Very Deep Cyan (#001D1D) and Very Deep Spring Green (#001D0E).
In RGB terms — rgb(2, 21, 23) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 18.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.1:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:91) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #021517 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#021517 color variations
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#021517 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#021517 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#021517 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#021517 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#021517 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #021517 color
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Nearest named colors to #021517
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#000E1D
#001D1D
#001D0E
#0A1F17
#0D1C19
#021224
#060D0D
#070D0D
#0B1021
#11171D
#111D17
#0C0C0C
#021517 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#021517
- RGB2, 21, 23
- CMYK8, 1, 0, 91
- CSSrgb(2, 21, 23)
- HSL186°, 84%, 5%
- HSL Precise185.714°, 84%, 4.902%
- HSV186°, 91%, 9%
- HSB186°, 91%, 9%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.008
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.082
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.090
- GLSLvec3(0.008, 0.082, 0.090)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.008, 0.082, 0.090, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.008, 0.082, 0.090)
- Percentage of Red in RGB0.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB8.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB9%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Dark
- HEX ID021517
- DECIMAL ID136471
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
