#208C9E#208C9E

#208C9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.095 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208C9E
RGB	rgb(32, 140, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -22.78, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 29.02, 218.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0807 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.095 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1426, 21.5299, 35.6460)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208C9E #9E3220

analogous

#209E71 #208C9E #204D9E

triadic

#208C9E #9E208C #8C9E20

tetradic

#208C9E #71209E #9E3220 #4D9E20

square

#208C9E #71209E #9E3220 #4D9E20

split-complementary

#208C9E #9E204D #9E7120

monochromatic

#0B3238 #165F6B #208C9E #2AB9D1 #5BCBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#208C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#208C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208C9E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208C9E	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 140, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.095 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeba',
    500: '#208c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208c9e;
$custom-light: #72aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5904,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208C9E

secondary

#C26758

accent

#573FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208C9E

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

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