#218B99#218B99

#218B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.093 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B99
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, -23.81, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 28.58, 213.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0815 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.093 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6071, 21.0866, 33.3784)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B99 #992F21

analogous

#21996B #218B99 #214F99

triadic

#218B99 #99218B #8B9921

tetradic

#218B99 #6B2199 #992F21 #4F9921

square

#218B99 #6B2199 #992F21 #4F9921

split-complementary

#218B99 #99214F #996B21

monochromatic

#0B3034 #165D67 #218B99 #2CB9CB #59CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#218B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#218B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B99

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B99	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E859A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.093 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb7',
    500: '#218b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b99;
$custom-light: #72adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58596,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B99

secondary

#BF6356

accent

#5440E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B99

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

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