#218A96#218A96

#218A96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.091 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218A96
RGB	rgb(33, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, -24.27, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 28.38, 211.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0818 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.091 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2183, 20.7004, 32.0418)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218A96 #962D21

analogous

#219667 #218A96 #214F96

triadic

#218A96 #96218A #8A9621

tetradic

#218A96 #672196 #962D21 #4F9621

square

#218A96 #672196 #962D21 #4F9621

split-complementary

#218A96 #96214F #966721

monochromatic

#0B2E32 #165C64 #218A96 #2CB8C8 #57CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#218A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#218A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218A96

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218A96	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.091 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acb4',
    500: '#218a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218a96;
$custom-light: #71acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58218,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218A96

secondary

#BE6055

accent

#5241E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218A96

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

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