#218BA2#218BA2

#218BA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.097 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218BA2
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -20.81, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 29.21, 224.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0777 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.097 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3786, 21.3952, 37.4419)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218BA2 #A23821

analogous

#21A278 #218BA2 #214AA2

triadic

#218BA2 #A2218B #8BA221

tetradic

#218BA2 #7821A2 #A23821 #4AA221

square

#218BA2 #7821A2 #A23821 #4AA221

split-complementary

#218BA2 #A2214A #A27821

monochromatic

#0C343C #175F6F #218BA2 #2CB6D4 #5FC8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#218BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#218BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218BA2

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218BA2	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.097 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adbd',
    500: '#218ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218ba2;
$custom-light: #73adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58978,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218BA2

secondary

#C36E5C

accent

#5D3FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #218BA2

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

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