#218B8B#218B8B

#218B8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.091 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B8B
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 139)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -28.27, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 29.49, 196.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0878 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.091 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5179, 20.6509, 27.6420)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B8B #8B2121

analogous

#218B56 #218B8B #21568B

triadic

#218B8B #8B218B #8B8B21

tetradic

#218B8B #56218B #8B2121 #568B21

square

#218B8B #56218B #8B2121 #568B21

split-complementary

#218B8B #8B2156 #8B5621

monochromatic

#0A2828 #155A5A #218B8B #2DBCBC #51D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#218B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#218B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B8B

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B8B	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.091 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adac',
    500: '#218b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b8b;
$custom-light: #70adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58049,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B8B

secondary

#B94F4F

accent

#4343E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B8B

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

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