#218A87#218A87

#218A87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.091 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218A87
RGB	rgb(33, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, -29.00, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 29.78, 193.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.0886 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.091 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.0868, 20.2479, 26.0828)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218A87 #8A2124

analogous

#218A52 #218A87 #21588A

triadic

#218A87 #87218A #8A8721

tetradic

#218A87 #52218A #8A2124 #588A21

square

#218A87 #52218A #8A2124 #588A21

split-complementary

#218A87 #8A2158 #8A5221

monochromatic

#092726 #155957 #218A87 #2DBBB7 #50D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#218A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#218A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218A87

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218A87	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.091 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faca9',
    500: '#218a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218a87;
$custom-light: #6faca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57642,
    "c": 0.09062,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.2025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218A87

secondary

#B94E51

accent

#4348E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218A87

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

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