#185959#185959

#185959 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.063 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185959
RGB	rgb(24, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.11, -19.68, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.11, 20.55, 196.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% -0.0611 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.063 195)
XYZ	xyz(5.7514, 8.0596, 10.7018)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185959 #591818

analogous

#185939 #185959 #183959

triadic

#185959 #591859 #595918

tetradic

#185959 #391859 #591818 #395918

square

#185959 #391859 #591818 #395918

split-complementary

#185959 #591839 #593918

monochromatic

#061818 #0B2929 #185959 #258989 #32B9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#185959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#185959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185959

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185959	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.063 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608887',
    500: '#185959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185959;
$custom-light: #608887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42458,
    "c": 0.06327,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.0806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185959

secondary

#903D3D

accent

#4747E1

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185959

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

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