#209C9F#209C9F

#209C9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.101 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209C9F
RGB	rgb(32, 156, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -30.49, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 32.38, 199.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0962 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.101 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7393, 26.5849, 36.9379)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209C9F #9F2320

analogous

#209F62 #209C9F #205D9F

triadic

#209C9F #9F209C #9C9F20

tetradic

#209C9F #62209F #9F2320 #5D9F20

square

#209C9F #62209F #9F2320 #5D9F20

split-complementary

#209C9F #9F205D #9F6220

monochromatic

#0B3839 #166A6C #209C9F #2ACED2 #5BDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#209C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#209C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209C9F

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209C9F	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F87A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 156, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.101 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9bb',
    500: '#209c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209c9f;
$custom-light: #74b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.417,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63151,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209C9F

secondary

#C25B59

accent

#423EE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #209C9F

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

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