#208B88#208B88

#208B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.092 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208B88
RGB	rgb(32, 139, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, -29.30, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 30.09, 193.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0896 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.092 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.2701, 20.5481, 26.5019)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208B88 #8B2023

analogous

#208B52 #208B88 #20588B

triadic

#208B88 #88208B #8B8820

tetradic

#208B88 #52208B #8B2023 #588B20

square

#208B88 #52208B #8B2023 #588B20

split-complementary

#208B88 #8B2058 #8B5220

monochromatic

#092827 #155957 #208B88 #2BBDB9 #4FD6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#208B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#208B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208B88

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208B88	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.092 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fadaa',
    500: '#208b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208b88;
$custom-light: #6fadaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.318,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5792,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.2055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208B88

secondary

#BA4D50

accent

#4247E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208B88

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

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