#218B6E#218B6E

#218B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.104 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B6E
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 110)
HSL	hsl(164, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(164, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 20.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, -36.54, 7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 37.24, 168.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% -0.1019 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.104 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6728, 19.9128, 17.9245)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B6E #8B213E

analogous

#218B39 #218B6E #21738B

triadic

#218B6E #6E218B #8B6E21

tetradic

#218B6E #39218B #8B213E #738B21

square

#218B6E #39218B #8B213E #738B21

split-complementary

#218B6E #8B2173 #8B3921

monochromatic

#0A2820 #155A47 #218B6E #2DBC95 #51D6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#218B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#218B6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B6E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B6E	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.104 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead97',
    500: '#218b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b6e;
$custom-light: #6ead97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.585,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57101,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B6E

secondary

#B94F6C

accent

#436FE5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B6E

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

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