#218D8E#218D8E

#218D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218D8E
RGB	rgb(33, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -28.32, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 29.74, 197.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0885 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.092 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0323, 21.3242, 28.9097)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218D8E #8E2221

analogous

#218E58 #218D8E #21578E

triadic

#218D8E #8E218D #8D8E21

tetradic

#218D8E #58218E #8E2221 #578E21

square

#218D8E #58218E #8E2221 #578E21

split-complementary

#218D8E #8E2157 #8E5821

monochromatic

#0A2A2B #155C5C #218D8E #2DBEC0 #52D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#218D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#218D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218D8E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218D8E	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#218d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218d8e;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.55,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5868,
    "c": 0.092,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218D8E

secondary

#BA5150

accent

#4442E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218D8E

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

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