#216CAD#216CAD

#216CAD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.125 H 249.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#216CAD
RGB	rgb(33, 108, 173)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(208, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 37.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 1.05, -41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 41.05, 271.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% -0.0444 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.125 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5297, 14.0639, 41.5286)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#216CAD #AD6221

analogous

#21ADA8 #216CAD #2126AD

triadic

#216CAD #AD216C #6CAD21

tetradic

#216CAD #A821AD #AD6221 #26AD21

square

#216CAD #A821AD #AD6221 #26AD21

split-complementary

#216CAD #AD2126 #ADA821

monochromatic

#0D2C46 #174C7A #216CAD #338BD8 #66A9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#216CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#216CAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #216CAD

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##216CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##216CAD	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D70B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3863AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #216cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 108, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.125 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7395c6',
    500: '#216cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #216cad;
$custom-light: #7395c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#216cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51938,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#216CAD

secondary

#C79162

accent

#8E3DEB

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF1F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#090D13

muted

#7B7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #216CAD

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

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