#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
RGBrgb(24, 91, 90)
HSLhsl(179, 58%, 23%)
HSVhsv(179, 74%, 36%)
CMYKcmyk(73.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LABlab(34.83, -20.43, -5.46)
CIE-LCHlch(34.83, 21.14, 194.95°)
OKLaboklab(43.06% -0.0629 -0.0152)
OKLCHoklch(43.06% 0.065 193.6)
XYZxyz(5.9624, 8.4139, 10.9807)
Luminance0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##185B5A1.007.832.687.83
#FFFFFF7.831.0021.001.00
#0000002.6821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.831.0021.001.00

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

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#185B5A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva