#218D88#218D88

#218D88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.093 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218D88
RGB	rgb(33, 141, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, -30.16, -5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 30.72, 191.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0913 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.093 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5939, 21.1489, 26.6008)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218D88 #8D2126

analogous

#218D52 #218D88 #215C8D

triadic

#218D88 #88218D #8D8821

tetradic

#218D88 #52218D #8D2126 #5C8D21

square

#218D88 #52218D #8D2126 #5C8D21

split-complementary

#218D88 #8D215C #8D5221

monochromatic

#0A2A28 #155B58 #218D88 #2DBFB8 #52D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#218D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#218D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218D88

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218D88	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 141, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.093 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afaa',
    500: '#218d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218d88;
$custom-light: #70afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.222,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58462,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218D88

secondary

#BA5055

accent

#434AE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218D88

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

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