#208B9E#208B9E

#208B9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#208B9E
RGBrgb(32, 139, 158)
HSLhsl(189, 66%, 37%)
HSVhsv(189, 80%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(79.7%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(53.21, -22.26, -18.45)
CIE-LCHlch(53.21, 28.91, 219.66°)
OKLaboklab(58.79% -0.0797 -0.0515)
OKLCHoklch(58.79% 0.095 212.8)
XYZxyz(15.9972, 21.2390, 35.5975)
Luminance0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#208B9E #9E3320
analogous
#209E72 #208B9E #204C9E
triadic
#208B9E #9E208B #8B9E20
tetradic
#208B9E #72209E #9E3320 #4C9E20
square
#208B9E #72209E #9E3320 #4C9E20
split-complementary
#208B9E #9E204C #9E7220
monochromatic
#0B3138 #165E6B #208B9E #2AB8D1 #5BCADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00
#208B9E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25
#208B9E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208B9E
5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##208B9E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##208B9E1.004.005.255.25
#FFFFFF4.001.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2521.001.001.00
##0000005.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D869F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C7A9E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009391
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #208b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 212.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adba',
    500: '#208b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #208b9e;
$custom-light: #72adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#208b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.048,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58786,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#208B9E
secondary
#C26858
accent
#583FE9
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EDF4F6
border
#C8CED0
text
#091011
muted
#7B7F80

Preview Lab

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#208B9E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva