#218C96#218C96

#218C96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218C96
RGB	rgb(33, 140, 150)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -25.29, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 28.79, 208.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% -0.0838 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.092 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5079, 21.2796, 32.1383)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218C96 #962B21

analogous

#219665 #218C96 #215196

triadic

#218C96 #96218C #8C9621

tetradic

#218C96 #652196 #962B21 #519621

square

#218C96 #652196 #962B21 #519621

split-complementary

#218C96 #962151 #966521

monochromatic

#0B2E32 #165D64 #218C96 #2CBBC8 #57CFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#218C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#218C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218C96

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218C96	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 140, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeb4',
    500: '#218c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218c96;
$custom-light: #71aeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.128,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58731,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218C96

secondary

#BE5E55

accent

#4F41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218C96

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

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