#218B97#218B97

#218B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.092 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B97
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -24.46, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 28.57, 211.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.0824 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.092 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4433, 21.0210, 32.5157)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B97 #972D21

analogous

#219768 #218B97 #215097

triadic

#218B97 #97218B #8B9721

tetradic

#218B97 #682197 #972D21 #509721

square

#218B97 #682197 #972D21 #509721

split-complementary

#218B97 #972150 #976821

monochromatic

#0B2F33 #165D65 #218B97 #2CB9C9 #58CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#218B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#218B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B97

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B97	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.092 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adb5',
    500: '#218b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b97;
$custom-light: #71adb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58515,
    "c": 0.09205,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B97

secondary

#BE6055

accent

#5241E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B97

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

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