#218C86#218C86

#218C86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.092 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218C86
RGB	rgb(33, 140, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -30.27, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 30.73, 189.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.0912 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.092 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3063, 20.7990, 25.8102)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218C86 #8C2127

analogous

#218C51 #218C86 #215D8C

triadic

#218C86 #86218C #8C8621

tetradic

#218C86 #51218C #8C2127 #5D8C21

square

#218C86 #51218C #8C2127 #5D8C21

split-complementary

#218C86 #8C215D #8C5121

monochromatic

#0A2927 #155A57 #218C86 #2DBEB5 #51D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#218C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#218C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218C86

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218C86	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 140, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.092 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea9',
    500: '#218c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218c86;
$custom-light: #70aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.636,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5813,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218C86

secondary

#B94F55

accent

#434CE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218C86

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

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