#218B6F#218B6F

#218B6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.103 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B6F
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 111)
HSL	hsl(164, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(164, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 20.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, -36.28, 6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 36.88, 169.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% -0.1014 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.103 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7275, 19.9347, 18.2129)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B6F #8B213D

analogous

#218B3A #218B6F #21728B

triadic

#218B6F #6F218B #8B6F21

tetradic

#218B6F #3A218B #8B213D #728B21

square

#218B6F #3A218B #8B213D #728B21

split-complementary

#218B6F #8B2172 #8B3A21

monochromatic

#0A2820 #155A48 #218B6F #2DBC96 #51D6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#218B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#218B6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B6F

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B6F	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.103 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead98',
    500: '#218b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b6f;
$custom-light: #6ead98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.151,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57129,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B6F

secondary

#B94F6B

accent

#436EE5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B6F

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

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