#208D8B#208D8B

#208D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.093 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208D8B
RGB	rgb(32, 141, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -29.36, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 30.30, 194.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0902 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.093 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.7786, 21.2191, 27.7379)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208D8B #8D2022

analogous

#208D55 #208D8B #20598D

triadic

#208D8B #8B208D #8D8B20

tetradic

#208D8B #55208D #8D2022 #598D20

square

#208D8B #55208D #8D2022 #598D20

split-complementary

#208D8B #8D2059 #8D5520

monochromatic

#092929 #155B5A #208D8B #2BBFBC #50D7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#208D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#208D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208D8B

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208D8B	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 141, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.093 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afac',
    500: '#208d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208d8b;
$custom-light: #70afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.899,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58551,
    "c": 0.09261,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208D8B

secondary

#BA4E50

accent

#4245E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208D8B

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

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