#216B8E#216B8E

#216B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.090 H 233.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#216B8E
RGB	rgb(33, 107, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 24.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, -10.00, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 27.52, 248.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% -0.0533 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.09 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7654, 12.7904, 27.4874)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#216B8E #8E4421

analogous

#218E7B #216B8E #21358E

triadic

#216B8E #8E216B #6B8E21

tetradic

#216B8E #7B218E #8E4421 #358E21

square

#216B8E #7B218E #8E4421 #358E21

split-complementary

#216B8E #8E2135 #8E7B21

monochromatic

#0A202B #15465C #216B8E #2D90C0 #52ACD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#216B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#216B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #216B8E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##216B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##216B8E	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #216b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 107, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.090 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95af',
    500: '#216b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #216b8e;
$custom-light: #6d95af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#216b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.266,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49938,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#216B8E

secondary

#BA7250

accent

#7742E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #216B8E

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

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