#217A8E#217A8E

#217A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.086 H 216.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217A8E
RGB	rgb(33, 122, 142)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, -18.49, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 25.98, 224.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% -0.0688 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.086 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4671, 16.1939, 28.0546)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217A8E #8E3521

analogous

#218E6C #217A8E #21448E

triadic

#217A8E #8E217A #7A8E21

tetradic

#217A8E #6C218E #8E3521 #448E21

square

#217A8E #6C218E #8E3521 #448E21

split-complementary

#217A8E #8E2144 #8E6C21

monochromatic

#0A252B #154F5C #217A8E #2DA5C0 #52BFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#217A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#217A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217A8E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217A8E	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D768F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 122, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.086 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea0af',
    500: '#217a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217a8e;
$custom-light: #6ea0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.009,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53769,
    "c": 0.08562,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217A8E

secondary

#BA6450

accent

#6042E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #217A8E

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

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