#216D9C#216D9C

#216D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.104 H 240.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#216D9C
RGB	rgb(33, 109, 156)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(203, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, -6.02, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 32.50, 259.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% -0.0504 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.104 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0942, 13.6595, 33.4452)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#216D9C #9C5021

analogous

#219C8E #216D9C #21309C

triadic

#216D9C #9C216D #6D9C21

tetradic

#216D9C #8E219C #9C5021 #309C21

square

#216D9C #8E219C #9C5021 #309C21

split-complementary

#216D9C #9C2130 #9C8E21

monochromatic

#0C2637 #164A69 #216D9C #2C90CF #5BABDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#216D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#216D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #216D9C

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##216D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##216D9C	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46629B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #216d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 109, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.104 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096b9',
    500: '#216d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #216d9c;
$custom-light: #7096b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#216d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.927,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51186,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#216D9C

secondary

#C18058

accent

#8040E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #216D9C

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

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