#208A9F#208A9F

#208A9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.095 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208A9F
RGB	rgb(32, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, -21.40, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 28.92, 222.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0783 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.095 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9395, 20.9853, 36.0046)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208A9F #9F3520

analogous

#209F74 #208A9F #204B9F

triadic

#208A9F #9F208A #8A9F20

tetradic

#208A9F #74209F #9F3520 #4B9F20

square

#208A9F #74209F #9F3520 #4B9F20

split-complementary

#208A9F #9F204B #9F7420

monochromatic

#0B3239 #165E6C #208A9F #2AB6D2 #5BC8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#208A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#208A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208A9F

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208A9F	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.095 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acbb',
    500: '#208a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208a9f;
$custom-light: #72acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.921,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58575,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208A9F

secondary

#C26A59

accent

#5B3EE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208A9F

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

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