#208E8A#208E8A

#208E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208E8A
RGB	rgb(32, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -30.15, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 30.84, 192.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0917 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.094 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8540, 21.4862, 27.4042)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208E8A #8E2024

analogous

#208E53 #208E8A #205B8E

triadic

#208E8A #8A208E #8E8A20

tetradic

#208E8A #53208E #8E2024 #5B8E20

square

#208E8A #53208E #8E2024 #5B8E20

split-complementary

#208E8A #8E205B #8E5320

monochromatic

#092A29 #155C59 #208E8A #2BC0BB #51D8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#208E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#208E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208E8A

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208E8A	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afac',
    500: '#208e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208e8a;
$custom-light: #70afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58775,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208E8A

secondary

#BB4F53

accent

#4248E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208E8A

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

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