#216A8B#216A8B

#216A8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.087 H 232.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#216A8B
RGB	rgb(33, 106, 139)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, -10.51, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 26.70, 246.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.53% -0.0534 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(49.53% 0.087 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4396, 12.4943, 26.2825)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#216A8B #8B4221

analogous

#218B77 #216A8B #21358B

triadic

#216A8B #8B216A #6A8B21

tetradic

#216A8B #77218B #8B4221 #358B21

square

#216A8B #77218B #8B4221 #358B21

split-complementary

#216A8B #8B2135 #8B7721

monochromatic

#0A1F28 #15445A #216A8B #2D90BC #51ACD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#216A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#216A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #216A8B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##216A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##216A8B	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A698D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #216a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 106, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.087 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c94ad',
    500: '#216a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #216a8b;
$custom-light: #6c94ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#216a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.679,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49531,
    "c": 0.08729,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#216A8B

secondary

#B9704F

accent

#7543E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #216A8B

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

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