#218A86#218A86

#218A86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.091 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218A86
RGB	rgb(33, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -29.31, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 29.96, 192.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0891 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.091 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0167, 20.2198, 25.7137)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218A86 #8A2125

analogous

#218A51 #218A86 #21598A

triadic

#218A86 #86218A #8A8621

tetradic

#218A86 #51218A #8A2125 #598A21

square

#218A86 #51218A #8A2125 #598A21

split-complementary

#218A86 #8A2159 #8A5121

monochromatic

#092726 #155956 #218A86 #2DBBB6 #50D5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#218A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#218A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218A86

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218A86	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.091 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faca9',
    500: '#218a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218a86;
$custom-light: #6faca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57606,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218A86

secondary

#B94E52

accent

#4349E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218A86

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

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