#219cab

Color #219cab

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#219cab

RGB

rgb(33, 156, 171)

HSL

hsl(186.5, 67.6%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.5, 80.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(59.01, -26.6, -17.06)

LCH

lch(59.01, 31.6, 212.67)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.1024, 207.64)

HWB

hwb(186.5, 12.9%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab3021

Analogous

#21ab75

#219cab

#2157ab

Triadic

#219cab

#ab219c

#9cab21

Split-complementary

#219cab

#ab2157

#ab7521

Tetradic

#219cab

#3021ab

#ab3021

#9cab21

Square

#219cab

#7521ab

#ab3021

#57ab21

Shades

Color #219cab mixed toward black.

#1c828e

#166872

#114e55

#0b3439

#061a1c

Tints

Color #219cab mixed toward white.

#29c3d6

#54cfde

#7fdbe6

#aae7ee

#d4f3f7

Tones

Color #219cab mixed toward gray.

#2d939f

#388a94

#448188

#4f787d

#5b6f71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ea8 · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#665da7 · ΔE 32.7

Tritanopia

#31a5a4 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #219cab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#219cab]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#219cab (#219cab) is rgb(33, 156, 171) in RGB.

No, #219cab is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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