#208F8B#208F8B

#208F8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.094 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208F8B
RGB	rgb(32, 143, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -30.33, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 31.03, 192.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% -0.0923 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.094 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0761, 21.8142, 27.8371)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208F8B #8F2024

analogous

#208F54 #208F8B #205C8F

triadic

#208F8B #8B208F #8F8B20

tetradic

#208F8B #54208F #8F2024 #5C8F20

square

#208F8B #54208F #8F2024 #5C8F20

split-complementary

#208F8B #8F205C #8F5420

monochromatic

#0A2B2A #155D5A #208F8B #2BC1BC #51D8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#208F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#208F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208F8B

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208F8B	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)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 143, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.094 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0ac',
    500: '#208f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208f8b;
$custom-light: #70b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.838,
    "s": 63.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59072,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208F8B

secondary

#BB4F53

accent

#4147E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #208F8B

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

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