#217A9E#217A9E

#217A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.098 H 230.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217A9E
RGB	rgb(33, 122, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, -12.88, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 29.59, 244.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% -0.0624 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.098 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7558, 16.7093, 34.8414)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217A9E #9E4521

analogous

#219E84 #217A9E #213C9E

triadic

#217A9E #9E217A #7A9E21

tetradic

#217A9E #84219E #9E4521 #3C9E21

square

#217A9E #84219E #9E4521 #3C9E21

split-complementary

#217A9E #9E213C #9E8421

monochromatic

#0C2C39 #16536B #217A9E #2CA1D1 #5CB8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#217A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#217A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217A9E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217A9E	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)

#6878A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 122, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.098 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0ba',
    500: '#217a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217a9e;
$custom-light: #71a0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.28,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5452,
    "c": 0.09754,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217A9E

secondary

#C17759

accent

#703FE8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #217A9E

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

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