#209B8E#209B8E

#209B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209B8E
RGB	rgb(32, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -35.10, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 35.18, 184.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.1031 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.103 184)
XYZ	xyz(17.1971, 25.7006, 29.6403)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209B8E #9B202D

analogous

#209B51 #209B8E #206A9B

triadic

#209B8E #8E209B #9B8E20

tetradic

#209B8E #51209B #9B202D #6A9B20

square

#209B8E #51209B #9B202D #6A9B20

split-complementary

#209B8E #9B206A #9B5120

monochromatic

#0B3631 #166860 #209B8E #2ACEBC #59DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#209B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#209B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209B8E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209B8E	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9af',
    500: '#209b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209b8e;
$custom-light: #73b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.659,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62298,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.25703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209B8E

secondary

#C15661

accent

#3F51E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #209B8E

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

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