#218B72#218B72

#218B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.101 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B72
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(166, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, -35.49, 5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 35.84, 171.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0999 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.101 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8955, 20.0019, 19.0974)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B72 #8B213A

analogous

#218B3D #218B72 #216F8B

triadic

#218B72 #72218B #8B7221

tetradic

#218B72 #3D218B #8B213A #6F8B21

square

#218B72 #3D218B #8B213A #6F8B21

split-complementary

#218B72 #8B216F #8B3D21

monochromatic

#0A2821 #155A49 #218B72 #2DBC9B #51D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#218B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#218B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B72

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B72	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.101 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9a',
    500: '#218b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b72;
$custom-light: #6ead9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.849,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57217,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B72

secondary

#B94F68

accent

#4369E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B72

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

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