#209E9B#209E9B

#209E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.102 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209E9B
RGB	rgb(32, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -32.67, -7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 33.60, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.1 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.102 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7361, 27.1250, 35.2522)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209E9B #9E2023

analogous

#209E5C #209E9B #20629E

triadic

#209E9B #9B209E #9E9B20

tetradic

#209E9B #5C209E #9E2023 #629E20

square

#209E9B #5C209E #9E2023 #629E20

split-complementary

#209E9B #9E2062 #9E5C20

monochromatic

#0B3837 #166B69 #209E9B #2AD1CD #5BDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#209E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#209E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209E9B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209E9B	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.102 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbb8',
    500: '#209e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209e9b;
$custom-light: #74bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.571,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63517,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209E9B

secondary

#C2585A

accent

#3F43E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #209E9B

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

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