#209B8C#209B8C

#209B8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.104 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209B8C
RGB	rgb(32, 155, 140)
HSL	hsl(173, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -35.67, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 35.70, 182.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.1041 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.104 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0483, 25.6411, 28.8566)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209B8C #9B202F

analogous

#209B4F #209B8C #206D9B

triadic

#209B8C #8C209B #9B8C20

tetradic

#209B8C #4F209B #9B202F #6D9B20

square

#209B8C #4F209B #9B202F #6D9B20

split-complementary

#209B8C #9B206D #9B4F20

monochromatic

#0B3630 #16685E #209B8C #2ACEBA #59DDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#209B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#209B8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209B8C

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209B8C	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 155, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.104 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9ad',
    500: '#209b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209b8c;
$custom-light: #72b9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62232,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209B8C

secondary

#C15663

accent

#3F54E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #209B8C

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

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