#218E79#218E79

#218E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.100 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E79
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(168, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, -34.95, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 35.05, 175.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% -0.0996 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.1 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.7496, 21.0482, 21.4235)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E79 #8E2136

analogous

#218E42 #218E79 #216D8E

triadic

#218E79 #79218E #8E7921

tetradic

#218E79 #42218E #8E2136 #6D8E21

square

#218E79 #42218E #8E2136 #6D8E21

split-complementary

#218E79 #8E216D #8E4221

monochromatic

#0A2B24 #155C4F #218E79 #2DC0A3 #52D7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#218E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#218E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E79

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E79	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.100 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09f',
    500: '#218e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e79;
$custom-light: #6fb09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.44,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58229,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E79

secondary

#BA5065

accent

#4262E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E79

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

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