#218E96#218E96

#218E96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E96
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -26.30, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 29.25, 205.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0859 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.093 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8028, 21.8694, 32.2366)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E96 #962921

analogous

#219663 #218E96 #215396

triadic

#218E96 #96218E #8E9621

tetradic

#218E96 #632196 #962921 #539621

square

#218E96 #632196 #962921 #539621

split-complementary

#218E96 #962153 #966321

monochromatic

#0B2F32 #165F64 #218E96 #2CBDC8 #57D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#218E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#218E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E96

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E96	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb4',
    500: '#218e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e96;
$custom-light: #72afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.103,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59244,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E96

secondary

#BE5C55

accent

#4C41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E96

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

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