#218F8E#218F8E

#218F8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218F8E
RGB	rgb(33, 143, 142)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -29.30, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 30.40, 195.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% -0.0905 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.093 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.3299, 21.9194, 29.0089)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218F8E #8F2122

analogous

#218F57 #218F8E #21598F

triadic

#218F8E #8E218F #8F8E21

tetradic

#218F8E #57218F #8F2122 #598F21

square

#218F8E #57218F #8F2122 #598F21

split-complementary

#218F8E #8F2159 #8F5721

monochromatic

#0A2C2B #165D5D #218F8E #2CC1BF #53D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#218F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#218F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218F8E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218F8E	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85888E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 143, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0af',
    500: '#218f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218f8e;
$custom-light: #71b0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.455,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59199,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218F8E

secondary

#BB5152

accent

#4244E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218F8E

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

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