#218B98#218B98

#218B98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.092 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B98
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 152)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, -24.13, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 28.57, 212.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0819 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.092 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5248, 21.0537, 32.9452)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B98 #982E21

analogous

#21986A #218B98 #215098

triadic

#218B98 #98218B #8B9821

tetradic

#218B98 #6A2198 #982E21 #509821

square

#218B98 #6A2198 #982E21 #509821

split-complementary

#218B98 #982150 #986A21

monochromatic

#0B2F33 #165D66 #218B98 #2CB9CA #59CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#218B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#218B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B98

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B98	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.092 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb6',
    500: '#218b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b98;
$custom-light: #72adb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.555,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58555,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B98

secondary

#BF6156

accent

#5340E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B98

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

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