#208C9C#208C9C

#208C9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208C9C
RGB	rgb(32, 140, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -23.44, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 28.92, 215.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0816 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.094 210)
XYZ	xyz(15.9719, 21.4616, 34.7467)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208C9C #9C3020

analogous

#209C6E #208C9C #204E9C

triadic

#208C9C #9C208C #8C9C20

tetradic

#208C9C #6E209C #9C3020 #4E9C20

square

#208C9C #6E209C #9C3020 #4E9C20

split-complementary

#208C9C #9C204E #9C6E20

monochromatic

#0B3136 #165E69 #208C9C #2ABACF #59CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#208C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#208C9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208C9C

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208C9C	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 140, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb9',
    500: '#208c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208c9c;
$custom-light: #72aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58956,
    "c": 0.09424,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.21464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208C9C

secondary

#C16457

accent

#553FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208C9C

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

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