#218E88#218E88

#218E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.094 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E88
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, -30.64, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 31.11, 189.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0923 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.094 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7420, 21.4451, 26.6501)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E88 #8E2127

analogous

#218E52 #218E88 #215E8E

triadic

#218E88 #88218E #8E8821

tetradic

#218E88 #52218E #8E2127 #5E8E21

square

#218E88 #52218E #8E2127 #5E8E21

split-complementary

#218E88 #8E215E #8E5221

monochromatic

#0A2B29 #155C58 #218E88 #2DC0B8 #52D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#218E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#218E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E88

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E88	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.094 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afaa',
    500: '#218e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e88;
$custom-light: #70afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.697,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58724,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E88

secondary

#BA5056

accent

#424BE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E88

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

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