#218A89#218A89

#218A89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.090 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218A89
RGB	rgb(33, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, -28.39, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 29.45, 195.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0877 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.09 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.2289, 20.3047, 26.8313)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218A89 #8A2122

analogous

#218A54 #218A89 #21568A

triadic

#218A89 #89218A #8A8921

tetradic

#218A89 #54218A #8A2122 #568A21

square

#218A89 #54218A #8A2122 #568A21

split-complementary

#218A89 #8A2156 #8A5421

monochromatic

#092727 #155958 #218A89 #2DBBBA #50D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#218A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#218A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218A89

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218A89	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.090 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acab',
    500: '#218a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218a89;
$custom-light: #70acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57715,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218A89

secondary

#B94E4F

accent

#4345E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218A89

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

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