#218E90#218E90

#218E90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.093 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E90
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 144)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -28.20, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 29.80, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0886 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.093 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3319, 21.6811, 29.7570)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E90 #902321

analogous

#21905B #218E90 #215790

triadic

#218E90 #90218E #8E9021

tetradic

#218E90 #5B2190 #902321 #579021

square

#218E90 #5B2190 #902321 #579021

split-complementary

#218E90 #902157 #905B21

monochromatic

#0A2C2C #165D5E #218E90 #2CBFC2 #54D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#218E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#218E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E90

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E90	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.093 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afb0',
    500: '#218e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e90;
$custom-light: #71afb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.081,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59014,
    "c": 0.09256,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E90

secondary

#BB5351

accent

#4542E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E90

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

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