#218B78#218B78

#218B78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.097 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B78
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 120)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, -33.85, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 33.90, 177.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0969 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.097 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2483, 20.1430, 20.9554)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B78 #8B2134

analogous

#218B43 #218B78 #21698B

triadic

#218B78 #78218B #8B7821

tetradic

#218B78 #43218B #8B2134 #698B21

square

#218B78 #43218B #8B2134 #698B21

split-complementary

#218B78 #8B2169 #8B4321

monochromatic

#0A2823 #155A4D #218B78 #2DBCA3 #51D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#218B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#218B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B78

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B78	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.097 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9e',
    500: '#218b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b78;
$custom-light: #6ead9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.245,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.574,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B78

secondary

#B94F62

accent

#4360E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B78

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

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