#208A9D#208A9D

#208A9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.094 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208A9D
RGB	rgb(32, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -22.07, -18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 28.74, 219.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0791 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.094 213)
XYZ	xyz(15.7673, 20.9164, 35.0980)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208A9D #9D3320

analogous

#209D72 #208A9D #204C9D

triadic

#208A9D #9D208A #8A9D20

tetradic

#208A9D #72209D #9D3320 #4C9D20

square

#208A9D #72209D #9D3320 #4C9D20

split-complementary

#208A9D #9D204C #9D7220

monochromatic

#0B3137 #165D6A #208A9D #2AB7D0 #5AC9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#208A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#208A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208A9D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208A9D	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.094 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acba',
    500: '#208a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208a9d;
$custom-light: #72acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58489,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.20918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208A9D

secondary

#C16757

accent

#593FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208A9D

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

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