#218D87#218D87

#218D87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.093 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218D87
RGB	rgb(33, 141, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -30.46, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 30.92, 189.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% -0.0917 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.093 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5232, 21.1206, 26.2282)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218D87 #8D2127

analogous

#218D51 #218D87 #215D8D

triadic

#218D87 #87218D #8D8721

tetradic

#218D87 #51218D #8D2127 #5D8D21

square

#218D87 #51218D #8D2127 #5D8D21

split-complementary

#218D87 #8D215D #8D5121

monochromatic

#0A2A28 #155B58 #218D87 #2DBFB6 #52D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#218D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#218D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218D87

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218D87	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 141, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.093 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa9',
    500: '#218d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218d87;
$custom-light: #70afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58427,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218D87

secondary

#BA5056

accent

#434CE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218D87

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

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