#208D9D#208D9D

#208D9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.095 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208D9D
RGB	rgb(32, 141, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -23.63, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 29.09, 215.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0821 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.095 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2037, 21.7891, 35.2435)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208D9D #9D3020

analogous

#209D6F #208D9D #204F9D

triadic

#208D9D #9D208D #8D9D20

tetradic

#208D9D #6F209D #9D3020 #4F9D20

square

#208D9D #6F209D #9D3020 #4F9D20

split-complementary

#208D9D #9D204F #9D6F20

monochromatic

#0B3237 #165F6A #208D9D #2ABBD0 #5ACDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#208D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#208D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208D9D

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208D9D	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 141, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.095 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeba',
    500: '#208d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208d9d;
$custom-light: #72aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.68,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59252,
    "c": 0.09478,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208D9D

secondary

#C16557

accent

#553FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208D9D

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

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