#218E89#218E89

#218E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E89
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, -30.34, -5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 30.91, 191.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0918 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.093 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8134, 21.4737, 27.0262)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E89 #8E2126

analogous

#218E53 #218E89 #215D8E

triadic

#218E89 #89218E #8E8921

tetradic

#218E89 #53218E #8E2126 #5D8E21

square

#218E89 #53218E #8E2126 #5D8E21

split-complementary

#218E89 #8E215D #8E5321

monochromatic

#0A2B29 #155C59 #218E89 #2DC0B9 #52D7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#218E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#218E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E89

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E89	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)

#858689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afab',
    500: '#218e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e89;
$custom-light: #70afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.248,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58759,
    "c": 0.09332,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E89

secondary

#BA5055

accent

#424AE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E89

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

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