#217A9F#217A9F

#217A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.098 H 230.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217A9F
RGB	rgb(33, 122, 159)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(198, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, -12.52, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 29.90, 245.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% -0.0621 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.098 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8422, 16.7439, 35.2965)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217A9F #9F4621

analogous

#219F85 #217A9F #213B9F

triadic

#217A9F #9F217A #7A9F21

tetradic

#217A9F #85219F #9F4621 #3B9F21

square

#217A9F #85219F #9F4621 #3B9F21

split-complementary

#217A9F #9F213B #9F8521

monochromatic

#0C2C3A #16536C #217A9F #2CA1D2 #5DB8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#217A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#217A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217A9F

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217A9F	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6778A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 122, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.098 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0bb',
    500: '#217a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217a9f;
$custom-light: #71a0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5457,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217A9F

secondary

#C2785A

accent

#713FE9

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #217A9F

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

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