#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
RGB	rgb(32, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -22.26, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 28.91, 219.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0797 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.095 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9972, 21.2390, 35.5975)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##208B9E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #208B9E

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

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