#218B56#218B56

#218B56 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.125 H 156.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B56
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(150, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(150, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, -42.17, 20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 46.73, 154.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% -0.1139 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.125 156.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5384, 19.4591, 11.9502)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B56 #8B2156

analogous

#218B21 #218B56 #218B8B

triadic

#218B56 #56218B #8B5621

tetradic

#218B56 #21218B #8B2156 #8B8B21

square

#218B56 #21218B #8B2156 #8B8B21

split-complementary

#218B56 #8B218B #8B2121

monochromatic

#0A2819 #155A37 #218B56 #2DBC75 #51D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#218B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#218B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B56

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B56	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D765A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.125 156.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dae86',
    500: '#218b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b56;
$custom-light: #6dae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56504,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 156.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B56

secondary

#B94F84

accent

#4394E5

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B56

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

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