#217A9D#217A9D

#217A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.097 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217A9D
RGB	rgb(33, 122, 157)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 22.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, -13.24, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 29.28, 243.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% -0.0628 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.097 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6700, 16.6751, 34.3899)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217A9D #9D4421

analogous

#219D82 #217A9D #213C9D

triadic

#217A9D #9D217A #7A9D21

tetradic

#217A9D #82219D #9D4421 #3C9D21

square

#217A9D #82219D #9D4421 #3C9D21

split-complementary

#217A9D #9D213C #9D8221

monochromatic

#0C2B38 #16536A #217A9D #2CA1D0 #5CB8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#217A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#217A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217A9D

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217A9D	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68789F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 122, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.097 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0ba',
    500: '#217a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217a9d;
$custom-light: #71a0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.935,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54471,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217A9D

secondary

#C17659

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #217A9D

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

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