#185A56#185A56

#185A56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.065 H 189.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185A56
RGB	rgb(24, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.35, -21.18, -3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.35, 21.50, 189.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% -0.0638 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.065 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7118, 8.1777, 10.0797)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185A56 #5A181C

analogous

#185A35 #185A56 #183D5A

triadic

#185A56 #56185A #5A5618

tetradic

#185A56 #35185A #5A181C #3D5A18

square

#185A56 #35185A #5A181C #3D5A18

split-complementary

#185A56 #5A183D #5A3518

monochromatic

#061817 #0B2A28 #185A56 #258A84 #32BBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#185A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#185A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185A56

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185A56	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.065 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608985',
    500: '#185a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185a56;
$custom-light: #608985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.364,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42622,
    "c": 0.06461,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185A56

secondary

#913D42

accent

#4750E1

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185A56

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →