#118C8E#118C8E

#118C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.096 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#118C8E
RGB	rgb(17, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(181, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(88%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, -29.27, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 30.90, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.092 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.096 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4894, 20.8264, 28.8422)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#118C8E #8E1311

analogous

#118E51 #118C8E #114D8E

triadic

#118C8E #8E118C #8C8E11

tetradic

#118C8E #51118E #8E1311 #4D8E11

square

#118C8E #51118E #8E1311 #4D8E11

split-complementary

#118C8E #8E114D #8E5111

monochromatic

#042021 #0A5657 #118C8E #18C2C5 #33E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#118C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#118C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #118C8E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##118C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##118C8E	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #118c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(17, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.096 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daeaf',
    500: '#118c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #118c8e;
$custom-light: #6daeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#118c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 17,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58174,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#118C8E

secondary

#C23B38

accent

#3633F5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #118C8E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →