#209C9E#209C9E

#209C9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.101 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209C9E
RGB	rgb(32, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -30.80, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 32.50, 198.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0967 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.101 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6528, 26.5503, 36.4827)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209C9E #9E2220

analogous

#209E61 #209C9E #205D9E

triadic

#209C9E #9E209C #9C9E20

tetradic

#209C9E #61209E #9E2220 #5D9E20

square

#209C9E #61209E #9E2220 #5D9E20

split-complementary

#209C9E #9E205D #9E6120

monochromatic

#0B3838 #166A6B #209C9E #2ACED1 #5BDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#209C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#209C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209C9E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209C9E	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.101 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ba',
    500: '#209c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209c9e;
$custom-light: #74b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63114,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209C9E

secondary

#C25A58

accent

#413FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #209C9E

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

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