#217E9A#217E9A

#217E9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.093 H 223.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217E9A
RGB	rgb(33, 126, 154)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, -16.53, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 28.02, 233.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% -0.068 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.093 223)
XYZ	xyz(13.9184, 17.5764, 33.2246)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217E9A #9A3D21

analogous

#219A7A #217E9A #21429A

triadic

#217E9A #9A217E #7E9A21

tetradic

#217E9A #7A219A #9A3D21 #429A21

square

#217E9A #7A219A #9A3D21 #429A21

split-complementary

#217E9A #9A2142 #9A7A21

monochromatic

#0B2C35 #165568 #217E9A #2CA7CC #5ABEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#217E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#217E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217E9A

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217E9A	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)

#6E7B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 126, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.093 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a3b7',
    500: '#217e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217e9a;
$custom-light: #70a3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.884,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55334,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.17578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217E9A

secondary

#C06F57

accent

#6740E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #217E9A

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

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