#209E99#209E99

#209E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.103 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209E99
RGB	rgb(32, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -33.27, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 33.96, 191.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.101 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.103 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5696, 27.0584, 34.3749)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209E99 #9E2025

analogous

#209E5A #209E99 #20649E

triadic

#209E99 #99209E #9E9920

tetradic

#209E99 #5A209E #9E2025 #649E20

square

#209E99 #5A209E #9E2025 #649E20

split-complementary

#209E99 #9E2064 #9E5A20

monochromatic

#0B3836 #166B68 #209E99 #2AD1CA #5BDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#209E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#209E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209E99

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209E99	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)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.103 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbb7',
    500: '#209e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209e99;
$custom-light: #74bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.619,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63446,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209E99

secondary

#C2585C

accent

#3F45E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #209E99

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

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