#218B7C#218B7C

#218B7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.095 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B7C
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 124)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, -32.73, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 32.73, 180.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.095 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.095 181)
XYZ	xyz(13.4961, 20.2422, 22.2607)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B7C #8B2130

analogous

#218B47 #218B7C #21658B

triadic

#218B7C #7C218B #8B7C21

tetradic

#218B7C #47218B #8B2130 #658B21

square

#218B7C #47218B #8B2130 #658B21

split-complementary

#218B7C #8B2165 #8B4721

monochromatic

#0A2824 #155A50 #218B7C #2DBCA8 #51D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#218B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#218B7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B7C

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B7C	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85827B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.095 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada1',
    500: '#218b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b7c;
$custom-light: #6fada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.509,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57528,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.20244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B7C

secondary

#B94F5E

accent

#435AE5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B7C

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

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