#218696#218696

#218696 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.091 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218696
RGB	rgb(33, 134, 150)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 10.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, -22.20, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 27.74, 216.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.0777 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.091 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6549, 19.5737, 31.8540)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218696 #963121

analogous

#21966B #218696 #214B96

triadic

#218696 #962186 #869621

tetradic

#218696 #6B2196 #963121 #4B9621

square

#218696 #6B2196 #963121 #4B9621

split-complementary

#218696 #96214B #966B21

monochromatic

#0B2C32 #165964 #218696 #2CB3C8 #57C8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#218696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#218696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218696

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218696	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 134, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.091 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a9b4',
    500: '#218696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218696;
$custom-light: #71a9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.205,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57193,
    "c": 0.09051,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218696

secondary

#BE6355

accent

#5841E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218696

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

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