#209E98#209E98

#209E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.103 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209E98
RGB	rgb(32, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -33.57, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 34.15, 190.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.1014 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.103 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4873, 27.0255, 33.9417)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209E98 #9E2026

analogous

#209E59 #209E98 #20659E

triadic

#209E98 #98209E #9E9820

tetradic

#209E98 #59209E #9E2026 #659E20

square

#209E98 #59209E #9E2026 #659E20

split-complementary

#209E98 #9E2065 #9E5920

monochromatic

#0B3836 #166B67 #209E98 #2AD1C9 #5BDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#209E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#209E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209E98

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209E98	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.103 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbb6',
    500: '#209e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209e98;
$custom-light: #74bbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63412,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209E98

secondary

#C2585D

accent

#3F47E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #209E98

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

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