#218B9C#218B9C

#218B9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.094 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B9C
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -22.82, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 28.68, 217.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0802 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.094 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8580, 21.1869, 34.6997)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B9C #9C3221

analogous

#219C70 #218B9C #214D9C

triadic

#218B9C #9C218B #8B9C21

tetradic

#218B9C #70219C #9C3221 #4D9C21

square

#218B9C #70219C #9C3221 #4D9C21

split-complementary

#218B9C #9C214D #9C7021

monochromatic

#0C3137 #165E69 #218B9C #2CB8CF #5BCADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#218B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#218B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B9C

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B9C	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.094 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb9',
    500: '#218b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b9c;
$custom-light: #72adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.293,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58721,
    "c": 0.09371,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B9C

secondary

#C16758

accent

#5740E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B9C

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

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