#216D8E#216D8E

#216D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.089 H 231.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#216D8E
RGB	rgb(33, 109, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.08, -11.17, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.08, 27.06, 245.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.44% -0.0554 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(50.44% 0.089 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9764, 13.2123, 27.5577)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#216D8E #8E4221

analogous

#218E79 #216D8E #21378E

triadic

#216D8E #8E216D #6D8E21

tetradic

#216D8E #79218E #8E4221 #378E21

square

#216D8E #79218E #8E4221 #378E21

split-complementary

#216D8E #8E2137 #8E7921

monochromatic

#0A212B #15475C #216D8E #2D93C0 #52AFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#216D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#216D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #216D8E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##216D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##216D8E	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #216d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 109, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.089 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96af',
    500: '#216d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #216d8e;
$custom-light: #6d96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#216d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.165,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50445,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#216D8E

secondary

#BA7050

accent

#7442E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #216D8E

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

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