#218F8F#218F8F

#218F8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218F8F
RGB	rgb(33, 143, 143)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -29.00, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 30.25, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0901 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.093 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4053, 21.9495, 29.4060)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218F8F #8F2121

analogous

#218F58 #218F8F #21588F

triadic

#218F8F #8F218F #8F8F21

tetradic

#218F8F #58218F #8F2121 #588F21

square

#218F8F #58218F #8F2121 #588F21

split-complementary

#218F8F #8F2158 #8F5821

monochromatic

#0A2C2C #165D5D #218F8F #2CC1C1 #53D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#218F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#218F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218F8F

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218F8F	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#85888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 143, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0af',
    500: '#218f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218f8f;
$custom-light: #71b0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59236,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218F8F

secondary

#BB5151

accent

#4242E6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218F8F

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

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