#208B9B#208B9B

#208B9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.094 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208B9B
RGB	rgb(32, 139, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -23.25, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 28.74, 215.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.081 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.094 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7421, 21.1369, 34.2541)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208B9B #9B3020

analogous

#209B6E #208B9B #204E9B

triadic

#208B9B #9B208B #8B9B20

tetradic

#208B9B #6E209B #9B3020 #4E9B20

square

#208B9B #6E209B #9B3020 #4E9B20

split-complementary

#208B9B #9B204E #9B6E20

monochromatic

#0B3036 #165E68 #208B9B #2AB8CE #59CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#208B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#208B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208B9B

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208B9B	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 139, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.094 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb8',
    500: '#208b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208b9b;
$custom-light: #72adb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.805,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58659,
    "c": 0.09367,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208B9B

secondary

#C16456

accent

#553FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208B9B

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

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