#218C9A#218C9A

#218C9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.093 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218C9A
RGB	rgb(33, 140, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -23.99, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 28.76, 213.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0821 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.093 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8355, 21.4106, 33.8637)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218C9A #9A2F21

analogous

#219A6C #218C9A #21509A

triadic

#218C9A #9A218C #8C9A21

tetradic

#218C9A #6C219A #9A2F21 #509A21

square

#218C9A #6C219A #9A2F21 #509A21

split-complementary

#218C9A #9A2150 #9A6C21

monochromatic

#0B3035 #165E68 #218C9A #2CBACC #5ACDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#218C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#218C9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218C9A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218C9A	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 140, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.093 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb7',
    500: '#218c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218c9a;
$custom-light: #72aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.942,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58892,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218C9A

secondary

#C06357

accent

#5340E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218C9A

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

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