#218B59#218B59

#218B59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.122 H 157.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B59
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(152, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(152, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, -41.53, 18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 45.48, 155.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% -0.1124 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.122 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6618, 19.5085, 12.6002)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B59 #8B2153

analogous

#218B24 #218B59 #21888B

triadic

#218B59 #59218B #8B5921

tetradic

#218B59 #24218B #8B2153 #888B21

square

#218B59 #24218B #8B2153 #888B21

split-complementary

#218B59 #8B2188 #8B2421

monochromatic

#0A281A #155A39 #218B59 #2DBC79 #51D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#218B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#218B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B59

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B59	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D765C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.122 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dae88',
    500: '#218b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b59;
$custom-light: #6dae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.698,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56569,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B59

secondary

#B94F81

accent

#438FE5

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B59

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

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