#185A5B#185A5B

#185A5B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.064 H 196.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185A5B
RGB	rgb(24, 90, 91)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.52, -19.56, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.52, 20.63, 198.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% -0.0613 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.064 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9203, 8.2612, 11.1780)
Luminance	0.0826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185A5B #5B1918

analogous

#185B3B #185A5B #18385B

triadic

#185A5B #5B185A #5A5B18

tetradic

#185A5B #3B185B #5B1918 #385B18

square

#185A5B #3B185B #5B1918 #385B18

split-complementary

#185A5B #5B1838 #5B3B18

monochromatic

#061818 #0B2A2B #185A5B #258A8B #32BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#185A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#185A5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185A5B

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185A5B	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54555B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 90, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.064 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618989',
    500: '#185a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185a5b;
$custom-light: #618989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42817,
    "c": 0.06391,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185A5B

secondary

#923E3D

accent

#4946E1

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185A5B

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

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