#208B8B#208B8B

#208B8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.091 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208B8B
RGB	rgb(32, 139, 139)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, -28.38, -8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 29.61, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0882 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.091 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4863, 20.6346, 27.6405)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208B8B #8B2020

analogous

#208B55 #208B8B #20558B

triadic

#208B8B #8B208B #8B8B20

tetradic

#208B8B #55208B #8B2020 #558B20

square

#208B8B #55208B #8B2020 #558B20

split-complementary

#208B8B #8B2055 #8B5520

monochromatic

#092828 #155959 #208B8B #2BBDBD #4FD6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#208B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#208B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208B8B

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208B8B	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 139, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.091 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adac',
    500: '#208b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208b8b;
$custom-light: #70adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5803,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208B8B

secondary

#BA4D4D

accent

#4242E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208B8B

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

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