#218E87#218E87

#218E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.094 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E87
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -30.94, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 31.32, 188.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0928 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.094 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6713, 21.4168, 26.2776)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E87 #8E2128

analogous

#218E51 #218E87 #215F8E

triadic

#218E87 #87218E #8E8721

tetradic

#218E87 #51218E #8E2128 #5F8E21

square

#218E87 #51218E #8E2128 #5F8E21

split-complementary

#218E87 #8E215F #8E5121

monochromatic

#0A2B29 #155C58 #218E87 #2DC0B6 #52D7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#218E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#218E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E87

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E87	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	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)

#868687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.094 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa9',
    500: '#218e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e87;
$custom-light: #70afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.147,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58689,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E87

secondary

#BA5057

accent

#424DE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E87

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

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