#217A99#217A99

#217A99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.093 H 226.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217A99
RGB	rgb(33, 122, 153)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, -14.66, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 28.16, 238.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% -0.0643 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.093 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.3341, 16.5407, 32.6207)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217A99 #994021

analogous

#21997C #217A99 #213E99

triadic

#217A99 #99217A #7A9921

tetradic

#217A99 #7C2199 #994021 #3E9921

square

#217A99 #7C2199 #994021 #3E9921

split-complementary

#217A99 #99213E #997C21

monochromatic

#0B2A34 #165267 #217A99 #2CA2CB #59BADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#217A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#217A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217A99

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217A99	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69789B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 122, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.093 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a0b7',
    500: '#217a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217a99;
$custom-light: #70a0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54277,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217A99

secondary

#BF7256

accent

#6B40E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #217A99

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

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