#218E98#218E98

#218E98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.093 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E98
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -25.66, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 29.16, 208.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% -0.085 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.093 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9652, 21.9344, 33.0920)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E98 #982B21

analogous

#219867 #218E98 #215398

triadic

#218E98 #98218E #8E9821

tetradic

#218E98 #672198 #982B21 #539821

square

#218E98 #672198 #982B21 #539821

split-complementary

#218E98 #982153 #986721

monochromatic

#0B3033 #165F66 #218E98 #2CBDCA #59D0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#218E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#218E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E98

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E98	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.093 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb6',
    500: '#218e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e98;
$custom-light: #72afb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.042,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59323,
    "c": 0.0933,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E98

secondary

#BF5F56

accent

#4E40E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E98

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

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