#218B9E#218B9E

#218B9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B9E
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -22.15, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 28.81, 219.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0794 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.095 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0287, 21.2552, 35.5990)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B9E #9E3421

analogous

#219E73 #218B9E #214D9E

triadic

#218B9E #9E218B #8B9E21

tetradic

#218B9E #73219E #9E3421 #4D9E21

square

#218B9E #73219E #9E3421 #4D9E21

split-complementary

#218B9E #9E214D #9E7321

monochromatic

#0C3239 #165E6B #218B9E #2CB8D1 #5CC9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#218B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#218B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B9E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B9E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adba',
    500: '#218b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b9e;
$custom-light: #72adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58805,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B9E

secondary

#C16959

accent

#593FE8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B9E

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

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