#218B85#218B85

#218B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.092 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B85
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 133)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -30.09, -5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 30.54, 189.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0906 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.092 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0915, 20.4803, 25.3962)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B85 #8B2127

analogous

#218B50 #218B85 #215C8B

triadic

#218B85 #85218B #8B8521

tetradic

#218B85 #50218B #8B2127 #5C8B21

square

#218B85 #50218B #8B2127 #5C8B21

split-complementary

#218B85 #8B215C #8B5021

monochromatic

#0A2826 #155A56 #218B85 #2DBCB4 #51D6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#218B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#218B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B85

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B85	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.092 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada8',
    500: '#218b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b85;
$custom-light: #6fada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57833,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B85

secondary

#B94F55

accent

#434CE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B85

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

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