#218B89#218B89

#218B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.091 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B89
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -28.88, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 29.80, 194.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0887 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.091 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.3731, 20.5930, 26.8794)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B89 #8B2123

analogous

#218B54 #218B89 #21588B

triadic

#218B89 #89218B #8B8921

tetradic

#218B89 #54218B #8B2123 #588B21

square

#218B89 #54218B #8B2123 #588B21

split-complementary

#218B89 #8B2158 #8B5421

monochromatic

#0A2828 #155A58 #218B89 #2DBCBA #51D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#218B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#218B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B89

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B89	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.091 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adab',
    500: '#218b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b89;
$custom-light: #70adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57976,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B89

secondary

#B94F51

accent

#4346E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B89

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

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