#218EA1#218EA1

#218EA1 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.096 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218EA1
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, -22.72, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 29.33, 219.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0811 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.096 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7304, 22.2405, 37.1224)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218EA1 #A13421

analogous

#21A174 #218EA1 #214EA1

triadic

#218EA1 #A1218E #8EA121

tetradic

#218EA1 #7421A1 #A13421 #4EA121

square

#218EA1 #7421A1 #A13421 #4EA121

split-complementary

#218EA1 #A1214E #A17421

monochromatic

#0C343B #17616E #218EA1 #2CBBD4 #5ECBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#218EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#218EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218EA1

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218EA1	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.096 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afbc',
    500: '#218ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218ea1;
$custom-light: #73afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.906,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59692,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218EA1

secondary

#C36A5B

accent

#583FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #218EA1

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

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