#217E9E#217E9E

#217E9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.096 H 226.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217E9E
RGB	rgb(33, 126, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, -15.13, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 28.96, 238.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% -0.0664 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.096 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2571, 17.7119, 35.0085)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217E9E #9E4121

analogous

#219E80 #217E9E #21409E

triadic

#217E9E #9E217E #7E9E21

tetradic

#217E9E #80219E #9E4121 #409E21

square

#217E9E #80219E #9E4121 #409E21

split-complementary

#217E9E #9E2140 #9E8021

monochromatic

#0C2D39 #16566B #217E9E #2CA6D1 #5CBCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#217E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#217E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #217E9E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##217E9E	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C709E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 126, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.096 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3ba',
    500: '#217e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217e9e;
$custom-light: #71a3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.36,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55523,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217E9E

secondary

#C17459

accent

#6B3FE8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #217E9E

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

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