#218CA2#218CA2

#218CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.097 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218CA2
RGB	rgb(33, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -21.34, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 29.26, 223.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0787 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.097 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5241, 21.6861, 37.4904)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218CA2 #A23721

analogous

#21A278 #218CA2 #214BA2

triadic

#218CA2 #A2218C #8CA221

tetradic

#218CA2 #7821A2 #A23721 #4BA221

square

#218CA2 #7821A2 #A23721 #4BA221

split-complementary

#218CA2 #A2214B #A27821

monochromatic

#0C343C #17606F #218CA2 #2CB7D4 #5FC9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#218CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#218CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218CA2

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218CA2	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.097 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aebd',
    500: '#218ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218ca2;
$custom-light: #73aebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.233,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5923,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218CA2

secondary

#C36D5C

accent

#5C3FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #218CA2

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

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