#185B5A#185B5A

#185B5A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.065 H 193.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185B5A
RGB	rgb(24, 91, 90)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, -20.43, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 21.14, 194.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% -0.0629 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.065 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9624, 8.4139, 10.9807)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185B5A #5B1819

analogous

#185B38 #185B5A #183B5B

triadic

#185B5A #5A185B #5B5A18

tetradic

#185B5A #38185B #5B1819 #3B5B18

square

#185B5A #38185B #5B1819 #3B5B18

split-complementary

#185B5A #5B183B #5B3818

monochromatic

#061818 #0B2B2A #185B5A #258B8A #32BCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#185B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#185B5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185B5A

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185B5A	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55565A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 91, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.065 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618988',
    500: '#185b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185b5a;
$custom-light: #618988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43056,
    "c": 0.06472,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185B5A

secondary

#923D3E

accent

#4649E1

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185B5A

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

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