#208B8A#208B8A

#208B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.091 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208B8A
RGB	rgb(32, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, -28.69, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 29.76, 195.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% -0.0886 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.091 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.4136, 20.6055, 27.2574)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208B8A #8B2021

analogous

#208B54 #208B8A #20568B

triadic

#208B8A #8A208B #8B8A20

tetradic

#208B8A #54208B #8B2021 #568B20

square

#208B8A #54208B #8B2021 #568B20

split-complementary

#208B8A #8B2056 #8B5420

monochromatic

#092827 #155959 #208B8A #2BBDBB #4FD6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#208B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#208B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208B8A

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208B8A	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.091 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adac',
    500: '#208b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208b8a;
$custom-light: #70adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.439,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57993,
    "c": 0.09133,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208B8A

secondary

#BA4D4E

accent

#4244E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208B8A

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

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