#218E78#218E78

#218E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.100 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E78
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 120)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(168, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 15.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, -35.22, 3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 35.37, 174.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% -0.1001 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.1 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6886, 21.0237, 21.1022)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E78 #8E2137

analogous

#218E42 #218E78 #216E8E

triadic

#218E78 #78218E #8E7821

tetradic

#218E78 #42218E #8E2137 #6E8E21

square

#218E78 #42218E #8E2137 #6E8E21

split-complementary

#218E78 #8E216E #8E4221

monochromatic

#0A2B24 #155C4E #218E78 #2DC0A2 #52D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#218E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#218E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E78

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E78	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.100 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09e',
    500: '#218e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e78;
$custom-light: #6fb09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.89,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58198,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E78

secondary

#BA5066

accent

#4263E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E78

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

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