#218B87#218B87

#218B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.091 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B87
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -29.49, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 30.15, 192.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0897 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.091 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2309, 20.5361, 26.1308)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B87 #8B2125

analogous

#218B52 #218B87 #215A8B

triadic

#218B87 #87218B #8B8721

tetradic

#218B87 #52218B #8B2125 #5A8B21

square

#218B87 #52218B #8B2125 #5A8B21

split-complementary

#218B87 #8B215A #8B5221

monochromatic

#0A2827 #155A57 #218B87 #2DBCB7 #51D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#218B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#218B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B87

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B87	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.091 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada9',
    500: '#218b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b87;
$custom-light: #70ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57904,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B87

secondary

#B94F53

accent

#4349E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B87

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

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