#218B79#218B79

#218B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.096 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B79
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, -33.57, 1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 33.60, 177.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% -0.0964 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.096 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.3093, 20.1674, 21.2767)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B79 #8B2133

analogous

#218B44 #218B79 #21688B

triadic

#218B79 #79218B #8B7921

tetradic

#218B79 #44218B #8B2133 #688B21

square

#218B79 #44218B #8B2133 #688B21

split-complementary

#218B79 #8B2168 #8B4421

monochromatic

#0A2823 #155A4E #218B79 #2DBCA4 #51D6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#218B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#218B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B79

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B79	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.096 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9f',
    500: '#218b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b79;
$custom-light: #6ead9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.811,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57431,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B79

secondary

#B94F61

accent

#435FE5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B79

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

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