#208B9C#208B9C

#208B9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.094 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208B9C
RGB	rgb(32, 139, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -22.92, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 28.79, 217.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0806 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.094 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8264, 21.1707, 34.6983)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208B9C #9C3120

analogous

#209C6F #208B9C #204D9C

triadic

#208B9C #9C208B #8B9C20

tetradic

#208B9C #6F209C #9C3120 #4D9C20

square

#208B9C #6F209C #9C3120 #4D9C20

split-complementary

#208B9C #9C204D #9C6F20

monochromatic

#0B3136 #165E69 #208B9C #2AB8CF #59CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#208B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#208B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208B9C

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208B9C	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 139, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.094 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb9',
    500: '#208b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208b9c;
$custom-light: #72adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.226,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58701,
    "c": 0.09405,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208B9C

secondary

#C16557

accent

#563FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208B9C

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

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