#208C8B#208C8B

#208C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.092 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#208C8B
RGBrgb(32, 140, 139)
HSLhsl(179, 63%, 34%)
HSVhsv(179, 77%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(77.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(52.87, -28.87, -7.97)
CIE-LCHlch(52.87, 29.95, 195.44°)
OKLaboklab(58.29% -0.0892 -0.0222)
OKLCHoklch(58.29% 0.092 194)
XYZxyz(14.6318, 20.9255, 27.6890)
Luminance0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#208C8B #8C2021
analogous
#208C55 #208C8B #20578C
triadic
#208C8B #8B208C #8C8B20
tetradic
#208C8B #55208C #8C2021 #578C20
square
#208C8B #55208C #8C2021 #578C20
split-complementary
#208C8B #8C2057 #8C5520
monochromatic
#092828 #155A5A #208C8B #2BBEBC #50D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05
#208C8B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19
#208C8B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208C8B
5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##208C8B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##208C8B1.004.055.195.19
#FFFFFF4.051.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1921.001.001.00
##0000005.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#83858B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#73798C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00918B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #208c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.092 194.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aeac',
    500: '#208c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #208c8b;
$custom-light: #70aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#208c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5829,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#208C8B
secondary
#BA4E4F
accent
#4243E6
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#091010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

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#208C8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva