#217F9E#217F9E

#217F9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.096 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#217F9E
RGB	rgb(33, 127, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, -15.69, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 28.85, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% -0.0674 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.096 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3856, 17.9689, 35.0513)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#217F9E #9E4021

analogous

#219E7F #217F9E #21419E

triadic

#217F9E #9E217F #7F9E21

tetradic

#217F9E #7F219E #9E4021 #419E21

square

#217F9E #7F219E #9E4021 #419E21

split-complementary

#217F9E #9E2141 #9E7F21

monochromatic

#0C2E39 #16566B #217F9E #2CA8D1 #5CBDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#217F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#217F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #217F9E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##217F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##217F9E	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D709E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #217f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 127, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.096 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a4ba',
    500: '#217f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #217f9e;
$custom-light: #71a4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#217f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.88,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55774,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#217F9E

secondary

#C17359

accent

#693FE8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #217F9E

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

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