#209E9E#209E9E

#209E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#209E9E
RGB	rgb(32, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -31.76, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 33.13, 196.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0987 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.102 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9912, 27.2270, 36.5955)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#209E9E #9E2020

analogous

#209E5F #209E9E #205F9E

triadic

#209E9E #9E209E #9E9E20

tetradic

#209E9E #5F209E #9E2020 #5F9E20

square

#209E9E #5F209E #9E2020 #5F9E20

split-complementary

#209E9E #9E205F #9E5F20

monochromatic

#0B3838 #166B6B #209E9E #2AD1D1 #5BDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#209E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#209E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #209E9E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##209E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##209E9E	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #209e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbba',
    500: '#209e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #209e9e;
$custom-light: #75bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#209e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63625,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#209E9E

secondary

#C25858

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #209E9E

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

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