#217D9A#217D9A

#217D9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.093 H 224.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217D9A
RGB	rgb(33, 125, 154)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, -15.98, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 28.09, 235.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% -0.067 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.093 224)
XYZ	xyz(13.7911, 17.3220, 33.1822)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217D9A #9A3E21

analogous

#219A7B #217D9A #21419A

triadic

#217D9A #9A217D #7D9A21

tetradic

#217D9A #7B219A #9A3E21 #419A21

square

#217D9A #7B219A #9A3E21 #419A21

split-complementary

#217D9A #9A2141 #9A7B21

monochromatic

#0B2B35 #165468 #217D9A #2CA6CC #5ABCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#217D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#217D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217D9A

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217D9A	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7A9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 125, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.093 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a2b7',
    500: '#217d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217d9a;
$custom-light: #70a2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.38,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55082,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.17324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217D9A

secondary

#C07057

accent

#6840E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #217D9A

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

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