#218B88#218B88

#218B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.091 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#218B88
RGBrgb(33, 139, 136)
HSLhsl(178, 62%, 34%)
HSVhsv(178, 76%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(76.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.47, -29.19, -6.82)
CIE-LCHlch(52.47, 29.97, 193.16°)
OKLaboklab(57.94% -0.0892 -0.019)
OKLCHoklch(57.94% 0.091 192)
XYZxyz(14.3017, 20.5644, 26.5034)
Luminance0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#218B88 #8B2124
analogous
#218B53 #218B88 #21598B
triadic
#218B88 #88218B #8B8821
tetradic
#218B88 #53218B #8B2124 #598B21
square
#218B88 #53218B #8B2124 #598B21
split-complementary
#218B88 #8B2159 #8B5321
monochromatic
#0A2827 #155A58 #218B88 #2DBCB8 #51D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11
#218B88 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11
#218B88 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B88
5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##218B88#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##218B881.004.115.115.11
#FFFFFF4.111.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1121.001.001.00
##0000005.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#828488
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#737989
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008F8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #218b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.091 192.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adaa',
    500: '#218b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #218b88;
$custom-light: #70adaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#218b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5794,
    "c": 0.09121,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.20566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#218B88
secondary
#B94F52
accent
#4348E5
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#091010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B88

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#218B88 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva