#208A8B#208A8B

#208A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.091 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208A8B
RGB	rgb(32, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -27.89, -8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 29.28, 197.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0871 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.091 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3422, 20.3464, 27.5924)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208A8B #8B2120

analogous

#208B56 #208A8B #20548B

triadic

#208A8B #8B208A #8A8B20

tetradic

#208A8B #56208B #8B2120 #548B20

square

#208A8B #56208B #8B2120 #548B20

split-complementary

#208A8B #8B2054 #8B5620

monochromatic

#092728 #155959 #208A8B #2BBBBD #4FD5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#208A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#208A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208A8B

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208A8B	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.091 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acac',
    500: '#208a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208a8b;
$custom-light: #70acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57769,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208A8B

secondary

#BA4E4D

accent

#4442E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208A8B

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

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