#218EA2#218EA2

#218EA2 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.097 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218EA2
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, -22.39, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 29.40, 220.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0807 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.097 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8190, 22.2759, 37.5887)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218EA2 #A23521

analogous

#21A275 #218EA2 #214EA2

triadic

#218EA2 #A2218E #8EA221

tetradic

#218EA2 #7521A2 #A23521 #4EA221

square

#218EA2 #7521A2 #A23521 #4EA221

split-complementary

#218EA2 #A2214E #A27521

monochromatic

#0C353C #17616F #218EA2 #2CBAD4 #5FCBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#218EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#218EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218EA2

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218EA2	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.097 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afbd',
    500: '#218ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218ea2;
$custom-light: #73afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.302,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59735,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218EA2

secondary

#C36C5C

accent

#593FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #218EA2

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

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