#218E97#218E97

#218E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.093 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E97
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -25.98, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 29.20, 207.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% -0.0854 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.093 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8836, 21.9017, 32.6625)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E97 #972A21

analogous

#219765 #218E97 #215397

triadic

#218E97 #97218E #8E9721

tetradic

#218E97 #652197 #972A21 #539721

square

#218E97 #652197 #972A21 #539721

split-complementary

#218E97 #972153 #976521

monochromatic

#0B3033 #165F65 #218E97 #2CBDC9 #58D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#218E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#218E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E97

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E97	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.093 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb5',
    500: '#218e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e97;
$custom-light: #72afb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.576,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59283,
    "c": 0.09312,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E97

secondary

#BE5D55

accent

#4D41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E97

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

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