#218C97#218C97

#218C97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218C97
RGB	rgb(33, 140, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -24.97, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 28.77, 209.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0834 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.092 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5887, 21.3119, 32.5642)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218C97 #972C21

analogous

#219767 #218C97 #215197

triadic

#218C97 #97218C #8C9721

tetradic

#218C97 #672197 #972C21 #519721

square

#218C97 #672197 #972C21 #519721

split-complementary

#218C97 #972151 #976721

monochromatic

#0B2F33 #165D65 #218C97 #2CBBC9 #58CEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#218C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#218C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218C97

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218C97	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	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)

#808698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 140, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb5',
    500: '#218c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218c97;
$custom-light: #72aeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58771,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218C97

secondary

#BE5F55

accent

#5041E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218C97

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →