#217CA9#217CA9

#217CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.107 H 235.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217CA9
RGB	rgb(33, 124, 169)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 26.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, -10.05, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 32.89, 252.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% -0.0604 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.107 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9934, 17.6014, 40.1356)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217CA9 #A94E21

analogous

#21A992 #217CA9 #2138A9

triadic

#217CA9 #A9217C #7CA921

tetradic

#217CA9 #9221A9 #A94E21 #38A921

square

#217CA9 #9221A9 #A94E21 #38A921

split-complementary

#217CA9 #A92138 #A99221

monochromatic

#0D3143 #175676 #217CA9 #31A0D7 #64B7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#217CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#217CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217CA9

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217CA9	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 124, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.107 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a1c2',
    500: '#217ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217ca9;
$custom-light: #73a1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.853,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55575,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217CA9

secondary

#C68260

accent

#773EEA

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #217CA9

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

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