#218E85#218E85

#218E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E85
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -31.53, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 31.76, 186.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.0937 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.094 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5318, 21.3610, 25.5430)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E85 #8E212A

analogous

#218E4F #218E85 #21618E

triadic

#218E85 #85218E #8E8521

tetradic

#218E85 #4F218E #8E212A #618E21

square

#218E85 #4F218E #8E212A #618E21

split-complementary

#218E85 #8E2161 #8E4F21

monochromatic

#0A2B28 #155C56 #218E85 #2DC0B4 #52D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#218E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#218E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E85

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E85	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#868685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa8',
    500: '#218e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e85;
$custom-light: #70afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.046,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5862,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E85

secondary

#BA5059

accent

#4250E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E85

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

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