#218496#218496

#218496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.090 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218496
RGB	rgb(33, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, -21.14, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 27.52, 219.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% -0.0757 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.09 213)
XYZ	xyz(14.3811, 19.0261, 31.7627)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218496 #963321

analogous

#21966D #218496 #214996

triadic

#218496 #962184 #849621

tetradic

#218496 #6D2196 #963321 #499621

square

#218496 #6D2196 #963321 #499621

split-complementary

#218496 #962149 #966D21

monochromatic

#0B2C32 #165864 #218496 #2CB0C8 #57C6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#218496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#218496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218496

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218496	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.090 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a8b4',
    500: '#218496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218496;
$custom-light: #70a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56682,
    "c": 0.09022,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.19028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218496

secondary

#BE6555

accent

#5A41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218496

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

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