#208C8E#208C8E

#208C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.092 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208C8E
RGB	rgb(32, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -27.94, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 29.53, 198.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% -0.0878 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.092 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8540, 21.0144, 28.8593)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208C8E #8E2220

analogous

#208E59 #208C8E #20558E

triadic

#208C8E #8E208C #8C8E20

tetradic

#208C8E #59208E #8E2220 #558E20

square

#208C8E #59208E #8E2220 #558E20

split-complementary

#208C8E #8E2055 #8E5920

monochromatic

#092A2A #155B5C #208C8E #2BBDC0 #51D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#208C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#208C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208C8E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208C8E	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.092 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aeaf',
    500: '#208c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208c8e;
$custom-light: #70aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.091,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58401,
    "c": 0.09175,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208C8E

secondary

#BB514F

accent

#4542E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208C8E

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

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