#208E8C#208E8C

#208E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208E8C
RGB	rgb(32, 142, 140)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -29.54, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 30.49, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% -0.0908 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.093 193)
XYZ	xyz(15.0001, 21.5447, 28.1738)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208E8C #8E2022

analogous

#208E55 #208E8C #20598E

triadic

#208E8C #8C208E #8E8C20

tetradic

#208E8C #55208E #8E2022 #598E20

square

#208E8C #55208E #8E2022 #598E20

split-complementary

#208E8C #8E2059 #8E5520

monochromatic

#092A2A #155C5B #208E8C #2BC0BD #51D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#208E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#208E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208E8C

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208E8C	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 142, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afad',
    500: '#208e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208e8c;
$custom-light: #70afad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.909,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58847,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208E8C

secondary

#BB4F51

accent

#4245E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208E8C

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

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