#218C79#218C79

#218C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.098 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218C79
RGB	rgb(33, 140, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 13.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, -34.03, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 34.08, 177.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% -0.0975 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.098 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4547, 20.4584, 21.3252)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218C79 #8C2134

analogous

#218C44 #218C79 #216A8C

triadic

#218C79 #79218C #8C7921

tetradic

#218C79 #44218C #8C2134 #6A8C21

square

#218C79 #44218C #8C2134 #6A8C21

split-complementary

#218C79 #8C216A #8C4421

monochromatic

#0A2923 #155A4E #218C79 #2DBEA4 #51D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#218C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#218C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218C79

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218C79	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 140, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.098 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae9f',
    500: '#218c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218c79;
$custom-light: #6fae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.346,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57697,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218C79

secondary

#B94F62

accent

#4360E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218C79

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

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