#208D9E#208D9E

#208D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.095 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208D9E
RGB	rgb(32, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -23.30, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 29.13, 216.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0817 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.095 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2894, 21.8234, 35.6949)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208D9E #9E3120

analogous

#209E70 #208D9E #204E9E

triadic

#208D9E #9E208D #8D9E20

tetradic

#208D9E #70209E #9E3120 #4E9E20

square

#208D9E #70209E #9E3120 #4E9E20

split-complementary

#208D9E #9E204E #9E7020

monochromatic

#0B3238 #16606B #208D9E #2ABAD1 #5BCCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#208D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#208D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208D9E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208D9E	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	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)

#7F889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.095 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeba',
    500: '#208d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208d9e;
$custom-light: #72aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.095,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59294,
    "c": 0.09516,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208D9E

secondary

#C26658

accent

#563FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #208D9E

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

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