#185A5E#185A5E

#185A5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.064 H 201.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185A5E
RGB	rgb(24, 90, 94)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, -18.56, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 20.32, 203.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% -0.0598 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.064 201)
XYZ	xyz(6.0523, 8.3140, 11.8733)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185A5E #5E1C18

analogous

#185E3F #185A5E #18375E

triadic

#185A5E #5E185A #5A5E18

tetradic

#185A5E #3F185E #5E1C18 #375E18

square

#185A5E #3F185E #5E1C18 #375E18

split-complementary

#185A5E #5E1837 #5E3F18

monochromatic

#061718 #0C2B2D #185A5E #24898F #31B7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#185A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#185A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185A5E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185A5E	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53565E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 90, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.064 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898b',
    500: '#185a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185a5e;
$custom-light: #61898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4294,
    "c": 0.06404,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.08315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185A5E

secondary

#94423D

accent

#4E45E3

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #185A5E

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

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