#209B9D#209B9D

#209B9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.100 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209B9D
RGB	rgb(32, 155, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -30.62, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 32.32, 198.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0961 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.1 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4000, 26.1818, 35.9756)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209B9D #9D2220

analogous

#209D61 #209B9D #205D9D

triadic

#209B9D #9D209B #9B9D20

tetradic

#209B9D #61209D #9D2220 #5D9D20

square

#209B9D #61209D #9D2220 #5D9D20

split-complementary

#209B9D #9D205D #9D6120

monochromatic

#0B3737 #16696A #209B9D #2ACDD0 #5ADBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#209B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#209B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209B9D

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209B9D	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 155, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.100 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b9',
    500: '#209b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209b9d;
$custom-light: #74b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62822,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209B9D

secondary

#C15957

accent

#413FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #209B9D

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

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