#218E99#218E99

#218E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.094 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E99
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -25.34, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 29.13, 209.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0845 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.094 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0474, 21.9673, 33.5252)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E99 #992C21

analogous

#219968 #218E99 #215299

triadic

#218E99 #99218E #8E9921

tetradic

#218E99 #682199 #992C21 #529921

square

#218E99 #682199 #992C21 #529921

split-complementary

#218E99 #992152 #996821

monochromatic

#0B3134 #165F67 #218E99 #2CBDCB #59CFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#218E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#218E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E99

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E99	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#82889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.094 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb7',
    500: '#218e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e99;
$custom-light: #72afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59363,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E99

secondary

#BF6056

accent

#5040E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E99

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

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