#218A79#218A79

#218A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.095 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218A79
RGB	rgb(33, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, -33.11, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 33.12, 178.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% -0.0954 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.095 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.1652, 19.8792, 21.2287)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218A79 #8A2132

analogous

#218A44 #218A79 #21668A

triadic

#218A79 #79218A #8A7921

tetradic

#218A79 #44218A #8A2132 #668A21

square

#218A79 #44218A #8A2132 #668A21

split-complementary

#218A79 #8A2166 #8A4421

monochromatic

#092722 #15594E #218A79 #2DBBA4 #50D5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#218A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#218A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218A79

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218A79	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.095 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9f',
    500: '#218a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218a79;
$custom-light: #6ead9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57165,
    "c": 0.09539,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218A79

secondary

#B94E5F

accent

#435DE5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218A79

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

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