#218E86#218E86

#218E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.094 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E86
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -31.23, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 31.53, 187.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0933 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.094 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6012, 21.3888, 25.9085)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E86 #8E2129

analogous

#218E4F #218E86 #21608E

triadic

#218E86 #86218E #8E8621

tetradic

#218E86 #4F218E #8E2129 #608E21

square

#218E86 #4F218E #8E2129 #608E21

split-complementary

#218E86 #8E2160 #8E4F21

monochromatic

#0A2B28 #155C57 #218E86 #2DC0B5 #52D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#218E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#218E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E86

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E86	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.094 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa9',
    500: '#218e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e86;
$custom-light: #70afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.596,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58654,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E86

secondary

#BA5058

accent

#424EE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E86

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

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