#216C8B#216C8B

#216C8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.086 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#216C8B
RGB	rgb(33, 108, 139)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, -11.68, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 26.29, 243.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% -0.0555 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.086 230)
XYZ	xyz(10.6481, 12.9113, 26.3520)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#216C8B #8B4021

analogous

#218B75 #216C8B #21378B

triadic

#216C8B #8B216C #6C8B21

tetradic

#216C8B #75218B #8B4021 #378B21

square

#216C8B #75218B #8B4021 #378B21

split-complementary

#216C8B #8B2137 #8B7521

monochromatic

#0A1F28 #15465A #216C8B #2D92BC #51AFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#216C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#216C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #216C8B

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##216C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##216C8B	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E608B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #216c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 108, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.086 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96ad',
    500: '#216c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #216c8b;
$custom-light: #6d96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#216c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.547,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5004,
    "c": 0.08636,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.12913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#216C8B

secondary

#B96E4F

accent

#7243E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #216C8B

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

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