#208B8E#208B8E

#208B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.091 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208B8E
RGB	rgb(32, 139, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, -27.45, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 29.23, 200.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.0868 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.091 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7085, 20.7235, 28.8108)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208B8E #8E2320

analogous

#208E5A #208B8E #20548E

triadic

#208B8E #8E208B #8B8E20

tetradic

#208B8E #5A208E #8E2320 #548E20

square

#208B8E #5A208E #8E2320 #548E20

split-complementary

#208B8E #8E2054 #8E5A20

monochromatic

#09292A #155A5C #208B8E #2BBCC0 #51D4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#208B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#208B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208B8E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208B8E	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 139, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.091 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adaf',
    500: '#208b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208b8e;
$custom-light: #70adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.636,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58142,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208B8E

secondary

#BB524F

accent

#4642E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208B8E

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

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