#118D8E#118D8E

#118D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#118D8E
RGB	rgb(17, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(180, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(88%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -29.76, -9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 31.22, 197.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% -0.093 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.097 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6362, 21.1200, 28.8911)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#118D8E #8E1211

analogous

#118E50 #118D8E #114E8E

triadic

#118D8E #8E118D #8D8E11

tetradic

#118D8E #50118E #8E1211 #4E8E11

square

#118D8E #50118E #8E1211 #4E8E11

split-complementary

#118D8E #8E114E #8E5011

monochromatic

#042021 #0A5757 #118D8E #18C3C5 #33E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#118D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#118D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #118D8E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##118D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##118D8E	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #118d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(17, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafaf',
    500: '#118d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #118d8e;
$custom-light: #6dafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#118d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 17,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.48,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58436,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#118D8E

secondary

#C23938

accent

#3433F5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #118D8E

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

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