#208A9E#208A9E

#208A9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208A9E
RGB	rgb(32, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, -21.73, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 28.82, 221.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0787 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.095 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8530, 20.9507, 35.5495)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208A9E #9E3420

analogous

#209E73 #208A9E #204B9E

triadic

#208A9E #9E208A #8A9E20

tetradic

#208A9E #73209E #9E3420 #4B9E20

square

#208A9E #73209E #9E3420 #4B9E20

split-complementary

#208A9E #9E204B #9E7320

monochromatic

#0B3138 #165E6B #208A9E #2AB6D1 #5BC9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#208A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#208A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208A9E

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208A9E	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acba',
    500: '#208a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208a9e;
$custom-light: #72acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.524,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58532,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208A9E

secondary

#C26958

accent

#5A3FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208A9E

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

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