#185B53#185B53

#185B53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.067 H 183.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185B53
RGB	rgb(24, 91, 83)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 8.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.60, -22.64, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.60, 22.69, 183.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% -0.0665 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.067 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6784, 8.3002, 9.4848)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185B53 #5B1820

analogous

#185B32 #185B53 #18415B

triadic

#185B53 #53185B #5B5318

tetradic

#185B53 #32185B #5B1820 #415B18

square

#185B53 #32185B #5B1820 #415B18

split-complementary

#185B53 #5B1841 #5B3218

monochromatic

#061816 #0B2B27 #185B53 #258B7F #32BCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#185B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#185B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185B53

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185B53	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)

#565553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 91, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.067 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a83',
    500: '#185b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185b53;
$custom-light: #608a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.836,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42793,
    "c": 0.06663,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185B53

secondary

#923D47

accent

#4659E1

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185B53

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

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