#218B74#218B74

#218B74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.099 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B74
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 116)
HSL	hsl(167, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(167, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 16.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, -34.95, 3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 35.17, 173.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% -0.0989 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.099 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0106, 20.0480, 19.7036)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B74 #8B2138

analogous

#218B3F #218B74 #216D8B

triadic

#218B74 #74218B #8B7421

tetradic

#218B74 #3F218B #8B2138 #6D8B21

square

#218B74 #3F218B #8B2138 #6D8B21

split-complementary

#218B74 #8B216D #8B3F21

monochromatic

#0A2821 #155A4B #218B74 #2DBC9D #51D6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#218B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#218B74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B74

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B74	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.099 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9c',
    500: '#218b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b74;
$custom-light: #6ead9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.981,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57277,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B74

secondary

#B94F66

accent

#4366E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B74

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

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