#218BA0#218BA0

#218BA0 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.095 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218BA0
RGB	rgb(33, 139, 160)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -21.48, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 28.99, 222.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0785 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.095 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2023, 21.3246, 36.5130)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218BA0 #A03621

analogous

#21A075 #218BA0 #214CA0

triadic

#218BA0 #A0218B #8BA021

tetradic

#218BA0 #7521A0 #A03621 #4CA021

square

#218BA0 #7521A0 #A03621 #4CA021

split-complementary

#218BA0 #A0214C #A07521

monochromatic

#0C333B #175F6D #218BA0 #2BB7D3 #5EC9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#218BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#218BA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218BA0

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218BA0	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 139, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.095 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adbc',
    500: '#218ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218ba0;
$custom-light: #73adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.921,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58891,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218BA0

secondary

#C26C5B

accent

#5B3FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #218BA0

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

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