#218B7E#218B7E

#218B7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B7E
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 126)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -32.15, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 32.19, 182.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.094 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.094 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6239, 20.2933, 22.9336)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B7E #8B212E

analogous

#218B49 #218B7E #21638B

triadic

#218B7E #7E218B #8B7E21

tetradic

#218B7E #49218B #8B212E #638B21

square

#218B7E #49218B #8B212E #638B21

split-complementary

#218B7E #8B2163 #8B4921

monochromatic

#0A2824 #155A51 #218B7E #2DBCAB #51D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#218B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#218B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B7E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B7E	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84837E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada3',
    500: '#218b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b7e;
$custom-light: #6fada3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.642,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57593,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B7E

secondary

#B94F5C

accent

#4357E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B7E

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

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