#209B8B#209B8B

#209B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.105 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209B8B
RGB	rgb(32, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -35.95, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 35.97, 181.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.1045 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.105 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9749, 25.6117, 28.4700)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209B8B #9B2030

analogous

#209B4E #209B8B #206E9B

triadic

#209B8B #8B209B #9B8B20

tetradic

#209B8B #4E209B #9B2030 #6E9B20

square

#209B8B #4E209B #9B2030 #6E9B20

split-complementary

#209B8B #9B206E #9B4E20

monochromatic

#0B3630 #16685E #209B8B #2ACEB8 #59DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#209B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#209B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209B8B

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209B8B	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.105 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9ac',
    500: '#209b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209b8b;
$custom-light: #72b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.195,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.622,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209B8B

secondary

#C15664

accent

#3F55E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #209B8B

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

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