#209C96#209C96

#209C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.102 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209C96
RGB	rgb(32, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -33.22, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 33.79, 190.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.1004 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.102 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9865, 26.2838, 32.9736)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209C96 #9C2026

analogous

#209C58 #209C96 #20649C

triadic

#209C96 #96209C #9C9620

tetradic

#209C96 #58209C #9C2026 #649C20

square

#209C96 #58209C #9C2026 #649C20

split-complementary

#209C96 #9C2064 #9C5820

monochromatic

#0B3634 #166965 #209C96 #2ACFC7 #59DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#209C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#209C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209C96

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209C96	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.102 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bab4',
    500: '#209c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209c96;
$custom-light: #73bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.097,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62827,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209C96

secondary

#C1575C

accent

#3F47E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #209C96

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

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