#208C9D#208C9D

#208C9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.095 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208C9D
RGB	rgb(32, 140, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -23.11, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 28.96, 217.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0811 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.095 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0569, 21.4956, 35.1945)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208C9D #9D3120

analogous

#209D70 #208C9D #204E9D

triadic

#208C9D #9D208C #8C9D20

tetradic

#208C9D #70209D #9D3120 #4E9D20

square

#208C9D #70209D #9D3120 #4E9D20

split-complementary

#208C9D #9D204E #9D7020

monochromatic

#0B3137 #165F6A #208C9D #2AB9D0 #5ACCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#208C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#208C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208C9D

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208C9D	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 140, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.095 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeba',
    500: '#208c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208c9d;
$custom-light: #72aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.16,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58998,
    "c": 0.09461,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208C9D

secondary

#C16657

accent

#563FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208C9D

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

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