#218F89#218F89

#218F89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218F89
RGB	rgb(33, 143, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0%, 4.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -30.82, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 31.30, 190.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0929 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.094 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9629, 21.7726, 27.0760)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218F89 #8F2127

analogous

#218F52 #218F89 #215E8F

triadic

#218F89 #89218F #8F8921

tetradic

#218F89 #52218F #8F2127 #5E8F21

square

#218F89 #52218F #8F2127 #5E8F21

split-complementary

#218F89 #8F215E #8F5221

monochromatic

#0A2C2A #165D59 #218F89 #2CC1B9 #53D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#218F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#218F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218F89

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218F89	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 143, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0ab',
    500: '#218f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218f89;
$custom-light: #70b0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.727,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5902,
    "c": 0.09413,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218F89

secondary

#BB5157

accent

#424BE6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218F89

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

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