#208B9F#208B9F

#208B9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208B9F
RGB	rgb(32, 139, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -21.92, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 28.99, 220.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0793 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.095 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0836, 21.2735, 36.0527)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208B9F #9F3420

analogous

#209F74 #208B9F #204B9F

triadic

#208B9F #9F208B #8B9F20

tetradic

#208B9F #74209F #9F3420 #4B9F20

square

#208B9F #74209F #9F3420 #4B9F20

split-complementary

#208B9F #9F204B #9F7420

monochromatic

#0B3239 #165E6C #208B9F #2AB8D2 #5BC9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#208B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#208B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208B9F

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208B9F	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 139, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adbb',
    500: '#208b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208b9f;
$custom-light: #72adbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.449,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58829,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208B9F

secondary

#C26959

accent

#593EE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208B9F

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

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