#218A72#218A72

#218A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.100 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218A72
RGB	rgb(33, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(166, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(166, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, -35.04, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 35.33, 172.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% -0.0988 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.1 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7514, 19.7137, 19.0494)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218A72 #8A2139

analogous

#218A3D #218A72 #216D8A

triadic

#218A72 #72218A #8A7221

tetradic

#218A72 #3D218A #8A2139 #6D8A21

square

#218A72 #3D218A #8A2139 #6D8A21

split-complementary

#218A72 #8A216D #8A3D21

monochromatic

#092720 #155949 #218A72 #2DBB9B #50D5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#218A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#218A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218A72

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218A72	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.100 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9a',
    500: '#218a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218a72;
$custom-light: #6ead9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56949,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218A72

secondary

#B94E67

accent

#4368E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218A72

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

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