#218B8E#218B8E

#218B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.091 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B8E
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -27.33, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 29.11, 200.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0864 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.091 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7401, 20.7398, 28.8123)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B8E #8E2421

analogous

#218E5B #218B8E #21558E

triadic

#218B8E #8E218B #8B8E21

tetradic

#218B8E #5B218E #8E2421 #558E21

square

#218B8E #5B218E #8E2421 #558E21

split-complementary

#218B8E #8E2155 #8E5B21

monochromatic

#0A2A2B #155A5C #218B8E #2DBCC0 #52D3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#218B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#218B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B8E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B8E	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.091 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adaf',
    500: '#218b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b8e;
$custom-light: #70adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.651,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58162,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B8E

secondary

#BA5350

accent

#4742E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B8E

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

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