#208C9F#208C9F

#208C9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.095 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208C9F
RGB	rgb(32, 140, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -22.45, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 29.08, 219.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0803 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.095 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2290, 21.5644, 36.1012)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208C9F #9F3320

analogous

#209F72 #208C9F #204D9F

triadic

#208C9F #9F208C #8C9F20

tetradic

#208C9F #72209F #9F3320 #4D9F20

square

#208C9F #72209F #9F3320 #4D9F20

split-complementary

#208C9F #9F204D #9F7220

monochromatic

#0B3239 #165F6C #208C9F #2AB9D2 #5BCBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#208C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#208C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208C9F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208C9F	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#7E87A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 140, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.095 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aebb',
    500: '#208c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208c9f;
$custom-light: #72aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.976,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59082,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208C9F

secondary

#C26859

accent

#583EE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208C9F

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

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