#209D9B#209D9B

#209D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209D9B
RGB	rgb(32, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -32.19, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 33.26, 194.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.099 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.102 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5663, 26.7852, 35.1955)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209D9B #9D2022

analogous

#209D5D #209D9B #20619D

triadic

#209D9B #9B209D #9D9B20

tetradic

#209D9B #5D209D #9D2022 #619D20

square

#209D9B #5D209D #9D2022 #619D20

split-complementary

#209D9B #9D2061 #9D5D20

monochromatic

#0B3737 #166A69 #209D9B #2AD0CD #5ADDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#209D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#209D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209D9B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209D9B	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab8',
    500: '#209d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209d9b;
$custom-light: #74bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.04,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63261,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209D9B

secondary

#C15759

accent

#3F41E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #209D9B

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

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