#218E8E#218E8E

#218E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.093 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E8E
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, -28.81, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 30.07, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0895 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.093 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1804, 21.6205, 28.9590)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E8E #8E2121

analogous

#218E58 #218E8E #21588E

triadic

#218E8E #8E218E #8E8E21

tetradic

#218E8E #58218E #8E2121 #588E21

square

#218E8E #58218E #8E2121 #588E21

split-complementary

#218E8E #8E2158 #8E5821

monochromatic

#0A2B2B #155C5C #218E8E #2DC0C0 #52D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#218E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#218E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E8E

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E8E	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.093 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#218e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e8e;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5894,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E8E

secondary

#BA5050

accent

#4242E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E8E

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

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