#218D8D#218D8D

#218D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.092 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218D8D
RGB	rgb(33, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -28.63, -8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 29.87, 196.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0889 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.092 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9576, 21.2943, 28.5160)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218D8D #8D2121

analogous

#218D57 #218D8D #21578D

triadic

#218D8D #8D218D #8D8D21

tetradic

#218D8D #57218D #8D2121 #578D21

square

#218D8D #57218D #8D2121 #578D21

split-complementary

#218D8D #8D2157 #8D5721

monochromatic

#0A2A2A #155B5B #218D8D #2DBFBF #52D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#218D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#218D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218D8D

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218D8D	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.092 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afae',
    500: '#218d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218d8d;
$custom-light: #70afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58643,
    "c": 0.09205,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218D8D

secondary

#BA5050

accent

#4343E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218D8D

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

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