#217A9B#217A9B

#217A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.095 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217A9B
RGB	rgb(33, 122, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, -13.95, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 28.70, 240.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% -0.0636 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.095 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5007, 16.6073, 33.4980)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217A9B #9B4221

analogous

#219B7F #217A9B #213D9B

triadic

#217A9B #9B217A #7A9B21

tetradic

#217A9B #7F219B #9B4221 #3D9B21

square

#217A9B #7F219B #9B4221 #3D9B21

split-complementary

#217A9B #9B213D #9B7F21

monochromatic

#0C2B36 #165269 #217A9B #2CA2CD #5AB9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#217A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#217A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217A9B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217A9B	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69789D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 122, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.095 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a0b8',
    500: '#217a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217a9b;
$custom-light: #70a0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54373,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217A9B

secondary

#C07458

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #217A9B

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

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