#218B82#218B82

#218B82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B82
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 130)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, -30.98, -3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 31.19, 186.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0921 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.093 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8872, 20.3986, 24.3202)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B82 #8B212A

analogous

#218B4D #218B82 #215F8B

triadic

#218B82 #82218B #8B8221

tetradic

#218B82 #4D218B #8B212A #5F8B21

square

#218B82 #4D218B #8B212A #5F8B21

split-complementary

#218B82 #8B215F #8B4D21

monochromatic

#0A2825 #155A54 #218B82 #2DBCB0 #51D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#218B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#218B82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B82

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B82	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada6',
    500: '#218b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b82;
$custom-light: #6fada6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.906,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57728,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B82

secondary

#B94F58

accent

#4351E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B82

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

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