#218C85#218C85

#218C85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.093 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218C85
RGB	rgb(33, 140, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 5%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, -30.57, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 30.94, 188.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0917 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.093 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2369, 20.7712, 25.4447)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218C85 #8C2128

analogous

#218C50 #218C85 #215E8C

triadic

#218C85 #85218C #8C8521

tetradic

#218C85 #50218C #8C2128 #5E8C21

square

#218C85 #50218C #8C2128 #5E8C21

split-complementary

#218C85 #8C215E #8C5021

monochromatic

#0A2927 #155A56 #218C85 #2DBEB4 #51D6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#218C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#218C85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218C85

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218C85	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 140, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.093 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea8',
    500: '#218c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218c85;
$custom-light: #70aea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.075,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58095,
    "c": 0.09263,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218C85

secondary

#B94F56

accent

#434DE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218C85

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

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