#209D8B#209D8B

#209D8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.107 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209D8B
RGB	rgb(32, 157, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(171, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -36.86, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 36.86, 179.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.1066 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.107 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3105, 26.2829, 28.5819)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209D8B #9D2032

analogous

#209D4D #209D8B #20719D

triadic

#209D8B #8B209D #9D8B20

tetradic

#209D8B #4D209D #9D2032 #719D20

square

#209D8B #4D209D #9D2032 #719D20

split-complementary

#209D8B #9D2071 #9D4D20

monochromatic

#0B3731 #166A5E #209D8B #2AD0B8 #5ADDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#209D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#209D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209D8B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209D8B	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)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 157, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.107 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baac',
    500: '#209d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209d8b;
$custom-light: #73baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.36,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62721,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209D8B

secondary

#C15767

accent

#3F57E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #209D8B

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

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