#216E8B#216E8B

#216E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.086 H 227.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#216E8B
RGB	rgb(33, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.27, -12.83, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.27, 25.96, 240.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% -0.0576 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.086 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8614, 13.3380, 26.4231)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#216E8B #8B3E21

analogous

#218B73 #216E8B #21398B

triadic

#216E8B #8B216E #6E8B21

tetradic

#216E8B #73218B #8B3E21 #398B21

square

#216E8B #73218B #8B3E21 #398B21

split-complementary

#216E8B #8B2139 #8B7321

monochromatic

#0A2028 #15475A #216E8B #2D95BC #51B1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#216E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#216E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #216E8B

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##216E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##216E8B	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #216e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.086 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97ad',
    500: '#216e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #216e8b;
$custom-light: #6d97ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#216e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.415,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50551,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#216E8B

secondary

#B96C4F

accent

#6F43E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #216E8B

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

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