#218CA1#218CA1

#218CA1 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.096 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218CA1
RGB	rgb(33, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -21.67, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 29.16, 221.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0791 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.096 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4355, 21.6507, 37.0241)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218CA1 #A13621

analogous

#21A176 #218CA1 #214CA1

triadic

#218CA1 #A1218C #8CA121

tetradic

#218CA1 #7621A1 #A13621 #4CA121

square

#218CA1 #7621A1 #A13621 #4CA121

split-complementary

#218CA1 #A1214C #A17621

monochromatic

#0C343B #17606E #218CA1 #2CB8D4 #5EC9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#218CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#218CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218CA1

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218CA1	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.096 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aebc',
    500: '#218ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218ca1;
$custom-light: #73aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.844,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59187,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218CA1

secondary

#C36C5B

accent

#5B3FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #218CA1

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

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