#185857#185857

#185857 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.063 H 193.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185857
RGB	rgb(24, 88, 87)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, -19.79, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 20.48, 194.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% -0.0609 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.063 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5859, 7.8611, 10.2379)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185857 #581819

analogous

#185837 #185857 #183958

triadic

#185857 #571858 #585718

tetradic

#185857 #371858 #581819 #395818

square

#185857 #371858 #581819 #395818

split-complementary

#185857 #581839 #583718

monochromatic

#071818 #0B2827 #185857 #258887 #32B8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#185857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#185857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185857

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185857	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 88, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.063 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608786',
    500: '#185857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185857;
$custom-light: #608786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.063,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42099,
    "c": 0.06269,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185857

secondary

#8F3D3E

accent

#474AE0

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185857

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

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