#185B5B#185B5B

#185B5B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.065 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185B5B
RGB	rgb(24, 91, 91)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, -20.10, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 20.99, 196.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% -0.0624 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.065 195)
XYZ	xyz(6.0052, 8.4310, 11.2064)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185B5B #5B1818

analogous

#185B39 #185B5B #18395B

triadic

#185B5B #5B185B #5B5B18

tetradic

#185B5B #39185B #5B1818 #395B18

square

#185B5B #39185B #5B1818 #395B18

split-complementary

#185B5B #5B1839 #5B3918

monochromatic

#061818 #0B2B2B #185B5B #258B8B #32BCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#185B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#185B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185B5B

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185B5B	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55565B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 91, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.065 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618989',
    500: '#185b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185b5b;
$custom-light: #618989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43096,
    "c": 0.06464,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.08432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185B5B

secondary

#923D3D

accent

#4646E1

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185B5B

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

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