#218D79#218D79

#218D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.099 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218D79
RGB	rgb(33, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, -34.49, 2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 34.56, 176.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0985 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.099 177)
XYZ	xyz(13.6015, 20.7519, 21.3741)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218D79 #8D2135

analogous

#218D43 #218D79 #216B8D

triadic

#218D79 #79218D #8D7921

tetradic

#218D79 #43218D #8D2135 #6B8D21

square

#218D79 #43218D #8D2135 #6B8D21

split-complementary

#218D79 #8D216B #8D4321

monochromatic

#0A2A24 #155B4E #218D79 #2DBFA4 #52D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#218D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#218D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218D79

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218D79	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79797B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.099 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faf9f',
    500: '#218d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218d79;
$custom-light: #6faf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57963,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.20754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218D79

secondary

#BA5063

accent

#4361E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218D79

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

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