#217E8B#217E8B

#217E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.085 H 208.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217E8B
RGB	rgb(33, 126, 139)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, -21.64, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 26.16, 214.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% -0.0743 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.085 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7462, 17.1076, 27.0514)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217E8B #8B2E21

analogous

#218B63 #217E8B #21498B

triadic

#217E8B #8B217E #7E8B21

tetradic

#217E8B #63218B #8B2E21 #498B21

square

#217E8B #63218B #8B2E21 #498B21

split-complementary

#217E8B #8B2149 #8B6321

monochromatic

#0A2428 #15515A #217E8B #2DABBC #51C5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#217E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#217E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217E8B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217E8B	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 126, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.085 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3ac',
    500: '#217e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217e8b;
$custom-light: #6ea3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.358,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54672,
    "c": 0.08479,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217E8B

secondary

#B95C4F

accent

#5743E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #217E8B

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

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