#209B9B#209B9B

#209B9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209B9B
RGB	rgb(32, 155, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -31.24, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 32.59, 196.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.097 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.1 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2307, 26.1140, 35.0837)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209B9B #9B2020

analogous

#209B5E #209B9B #205E9B

triadic

#209B9B #9B209B #9B9B20

tetradic

#209B9B #5E209B #9B2020 #5E9B20

square

#209B9B #5E209B #9B2020 #5E9B20

split-complementary

#209B9B #9B205E #9B5E20

monochromatic

#0B3636 #166868 #209B9B #2ACECE #59DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#209B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#209B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209B9B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209B9B	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 155, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b8',
    500: '#209b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209b9b;
$custom-light: #74b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62749,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209B9B

secondary

#C15656

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #209B9B

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

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