#218E72#218E72

#218E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.104 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E72
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(165, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(165, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -36.83, 6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 37.38, 170.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% -0.1031 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.104 171)
XYZ	xyz(13.3359, 20.8826, 19.2442)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E72 #8E213D

analogous

#218E3C #218E72 #21748E

triadic

#218E72 #72218E #8E7221

tetradic

#218E72 #3C218E #8E213D #748E21

square

#218E72 #3C218E #8E213D #748E21

split-complementary

#218E72 #8E2174 #8E3C21

monochromatic

#0A2B22 #155C4A #218E72 #2DC09A #52D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#218E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#218E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E72

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E72	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.104 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09a',
    500: '#218e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e72;
$custom-light: #6fb09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.587,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58021,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.20884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E72

secondary

#BA506C

accent

#426CE5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E72

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

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