Recognised as Colour
#217B8E
- #217B8E
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#217B8E is a cyan with RGB values 33, 123, 142 and HSL 190°, 62%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#217B8E#217B8E
HEX#217B8E
RGBrgb(33, 123, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.1294, 0.4824, 0.5569
RGB percentages12.9%, 48.2%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(190.5, 62.3%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 76.8%, 55.7%)
CMYK76.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,194,318
CSS custom property--colour: #217B8E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.16442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#DE8471
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8E3421
Analogous#218E6B, #21448E
Triadic#8E217B, #7B8E21
Split complementary#8E2144, #8E6B21
Tetradic#6B218E, #8E3421, #448E21
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R33
G123
B142
Red33 (12.9%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue190.46°
Saturation (HSL)62.29%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 21 · G 7B · B 8E
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