#218B9F#218B9F

#218B9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218B9F
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -21.82, -18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 28.89, 220.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% -0.079 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.095 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1151, 21.2898, 36.0542)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218B9F #9F3521

analogous

#219F74 #218B9F #214C9F

triadic

#218B9F #9F218B #8B9F21

tetradic

#218B9F #74219F #9F3521 #4C9F21

square

#218B9F #74219F #9F3521 #4C9F21

split-complementary

#218B9F #9F214C #9F7421

monochromatic

#0C323A #165F6C #218B9F #2CB7D2 #5DC9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#218B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#218B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218B9F

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218B9F	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adbb',
    500: '#218b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218b9f;
$custom-light: #72adbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.524,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58848,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218B9F

secondary

#C26A5A

accent

#5A3FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218B9F

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

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