#217ea3

Color #217ea3

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.95 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#217ea3

RGB

rgb(33, 126, 163)

HSL

hsl(197.1, 66.3%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.1, 79.8%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(49.36, -13.36, -27.28)

LCH

lch(49.36, 30.38, 243.91)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.1003, 229.97)

HWB

hwb(197.1, 12.9%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a34621

Analogous

#21a387

#217ea3

#213da3

Triadic

#217ea3

#a3217e

#7ea321

Split-complementary

#217ea3

#a3213d

#a38721

Tetradic

#217ea3

#4621a3

#a34621

#7ea321

Square

#217ea3

#8721a3

#a34621

#3da321

Shades

Color #217ea3 mixed toward black.

#1b6988

#16546d

#103f51

#0b2a36

#05151b

Tints

Color #217ea3 mixed toward white.

#2a9fce

#51b4dc

#7cc7e5

#a8daed

#d3ecf6

Tones

Color #217ea3 mixed toward gray.

#2c7998

#37758d

#417082

#4c6b78

#57676d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.58:1

White text reads better on this background (4.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59599b · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#544c99 · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#2c9493 · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #217ea3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#217ea3]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#217ea3 (#217ea3) is rgb(33, 126, 163) in RGB.

No, #217ea3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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