#218C87#218C87

#218C87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.092 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218C87
RGB	rgb(33, 140, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, -29.97, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 30.53, 190.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0907 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.092 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3764, 20.8270, 26.1793)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218C87 #8C2126

analogous

#218C52 #218C87 #215C8C

triadic

#218C87 #87218C #8C8721

tetradic

#218C87 #52218C #8C2126 #5C8C21

square

#218C87 #52218C #8C2126 #5C8C21

split-complementary

#218C87 #8C215C #8C5221

monochromatic

#0A2927 #155A57 #218C87 #2DBEB7 #51D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#218C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#218C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218C87

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218C87	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 140, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.092 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea9',
    500: '#218c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218c87;
$custom-light: #70aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.196,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58165,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218C87

secondary

#B94F54

accent

#434AE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218C87

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

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