#218B9A#218B9A

#218B9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.093 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B9A
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 9.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -23.48, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 28.60, 214.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0811 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.093 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6900, 21.1197, 33.8152)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B9A #9A3021

analogous

#219A6D #218B9A #214F9A

triadic

#218B9A #9A218B #8B9A21

tetradic

#218B9A #6D219A #9A3021 #4F9A21

square

#218B9A #6D219A #9A3021 #4F9A21

split-complementary

#218B9A #9A214F #9A6D21

monochromatic

#0B3035 #165E68 #218B9A #2CB8CC #5ACCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#218B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#218B9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B9A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B9A	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)

#7E869B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.093 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb7',
    500: '#218b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b9a;
$custom-light: #72adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.438,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58637,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B9A

secondary

#C06457

accent

#5540E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B9A

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

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