#217BA9#217BA9

#217BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.108 H 236.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217BA9
RGB	rgb(33, 123, 169)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 27.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, -9.47, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 33.18, 253.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% -0.0595 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.108 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8687, 17.3520, 40.0940)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217BA9 #A94F21

analogous

#21A993 #217BA9 #2137A9

triadic

#217BA9 #A9217B #7BA921

tetradic

#217BA9 #9321A9 #A94F21 #37A921

square

#217BA9 #9321A9 #A94F21 #37A921

split-complementary

#217BA9 #A92137 #A99321

monochromatic

#0D3043 #175676 #217BA9 #319ED7 #64B6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#217BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#217BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217BA9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217BA9	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 123, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.108 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a1c2',
    500: '#217ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217ba9;
$custom-light: #73a1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.294,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55329,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217BA9

secondary

#C68260

accent

#783EEA

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #217BA9

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

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