#218B9B#218B9B

#218B9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.093 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B9B
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -23.15, -16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 28.64, 216.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0806 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.093 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7736, 21.1532, 34.2556)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B9B #9B3121

analogous

#219B6E #218B9B #214E9B

triadic

#218B9B #9B218B #8B9B21

tetradic

#218B9B #6E219B #9B3121 #4E9B21

square

#218B9B #6E219B #9B3121 #4E9B21

split-complementary

#218B9B #9B214E #9B6E21

monochromatic

#0C3136 #165E69 #218B9B #2CB8CD #5ACBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#218B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#218B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B9B

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B9B	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.093 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb8',
    500: '#218b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b9b;
$custom-light: #72adb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.869,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58679,
    "c": 0.09332,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B9B

secondary

#C06558

accent

#5640E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B9B

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

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