#218B77#218B77

#218B77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.098 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B77
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 119)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, -34.13, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 34.21, 176.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0974 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.098 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1879, 20.1189, 20.6375)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B77 #8B2135

analogous

#218B42 #218B77 #216A8B

triadic

#218B77 #77218B #8B7721

tetradic

#218B77 #42218B #8B2135 #6A8B21

square

#218B77 #42218B #8B2135 #6A8B21

split-complementary

#218B77 #8B216A #8B4221

monochromatic

#0A2822 #155A4D #218B77 #2DBCA1 #51D6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#218B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#218B77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B77

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B77	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.098 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9e',
    500: '#218b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b77;
$custom-light: #6ead9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57368,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B77

secondary

#B94F63

accent

#4362E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B77

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

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