Information about #216D72 color

#216D72 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#216D72 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(33, 109, 114) — 12.9% red, 42.7% green, 44.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 32 / 2 / 0 / 55. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #216D72 reads as a pleasantly vivid aqua cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Light Blue Flower (#1D697C). Slightly further away sit Caesar (#1B6767) and Muse (#2E696D).

The recipe behind #216D72 is rgb(33, 109, 114), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #216D72: 6.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for black. No one has named #216D72 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#216D72 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#216D72 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #216D72

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Caesar color link
Caesar

#1B6767

Muse color link
Muse

#2E696D

Elm color link
Elm

#297B76

Dauntless color link
Dauntless

#166F7F

Atoll color link
Atoll

#2B797A

Globe color link
Globe

#256761

Orient color link
Orient

#255B77

Myrtle Green color link
Myrtle Green

#317873

Boomtown color link
Boomtown

#346672

Genoa color link
Genoa

#31796D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#216D72
  • RGB33, 109, 114
  • CMYK32, 2, 0, 55
  • CSSrgb(33, 109, 114)
  • HSL184°, 55%, 29%
  • HSL Precise183.704°, 55.102%, 28.824%
  • HSV184°, 71%, 45%
  • HSB184°, 71%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.427
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.447
  • GLSLvec3(0.129, 0.427, 0.447)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.129, 0.427, 0.447, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.129, 0.427, 0.447)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB12.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB44.7%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID216D72
  • DECIMAL ID2190706
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01