#208E8B#208E8B

#208E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208E8B
RGB	rgb(32, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -29.85, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 30.66, 193.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.0913 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.093 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9267, 21.5153, 27.7873)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208E8B #8E2023

analogous

#208E54 #208E8B #205A8E

triadic

#208E8B #8B208E #8E8B20

tetradic

#208E8B #54208E #8E2023 #5A8E20

square

#208E8B #54208E #8E2023 #5A8E20

split-complementary

#208E8B #8E205A #8E5420

monochromatic

#092A29 #155C5A #208E8B #2BC0BC #51D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#208E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#208E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208E8B

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208E8B	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)

#85868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afac',
    500: '#208e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208e8b;
$custom-light: #70afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.364,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58811,
    "c": 0.09333,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208E8B

secondary

#BB4F52

accent

#4246E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208E8B

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

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