#217E99#217E99

#217E99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.092 H 222.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217E99
RGB	rgb(33, 126, 153)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, -16.88, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 27.81, 232.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% -0.0684 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.092 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8354, 17.5433, 32.7878)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217E99 #993C21

analogous

#219978 #217E99 #214299

triadic

#217E99 #99217E #7E9921

tetradic

#217E99 #782199 #993C21 #429921

square

#217E99 #782199 #993C21 #429921

split-complementary

#217E99 #992142 #997821

monochromatic

#0B2B34 #165567 #217E99 #2CA7CB #59BEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#217E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#217E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217E99

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217E99	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 126, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.092 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a3b7',
    500: '#217e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217e99;
$custom-light: #70a3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55288,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217E99

secondary

#BF6E56

accent

#6640E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #217E99

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

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