#209C9B#209C9B

#209C9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.101 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209C9B
RGB	rgb(32, 156, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -31.72, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 32.92, 195.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.098 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.101 194)
XYZ	xyz(18.3978, 26.4483, 35.1394)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209C9B #9C2021

analogous

#209C5D #209C9B #205F9C

triadic

#209C9B #9B209C #9C9B20

tetradic

#209C9B #5D209C #9C2021 #5F9C20

square

#209C9B #5D209C #9C2021 #5F9C20

split-complementary

#209C9B #9C205F #9C5D20

monochromatic

#0B3636 #166969 #209C9B #2ACFCD #59DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#209C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#209C9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209C9B

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209C9B	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 156, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.101 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab8',
    500: '#209c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209c9b;
$custom-light: #74bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.516,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63005,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.26451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209C9B

secondary

#C15758

accent

#3F40E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #209C9B

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

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