#185B5E#185B5E

#185B5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.065 H 199.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#185B5E
RGBrgb(24, 91, 94)
HSLhsl(183, 59%, 23%)
HSVhsv(183, 74%, 37%)
CMYKcmyk(74.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LABlab(34.97, -19.11, -7.75)
CIE-LCHlch(34.97, 20.62, 202.07°)
OKLaboklab(43.22% -0.0609 -0.0215)
OKLCHoklch(43.22% 0.065 199.4)
XYZxyz(6.1373, 8.4838, 11.9016)
Luminance0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#185B5E #5E1B18
analogous
#185E3E #185B5E #18385E
triadic
#185B5E #5E185B #5B5E18
tetradic
#185B5E #3E185E #5E1B18 #385E18
square
#185B5E #3E185E #5E1B18 #385E18
split-complementary
#185B5E #5E1838 #5E3E18
monochromatic
#061818 #0C2C2D #185B5E #248A8F #31B9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79
#185B5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70
#185B5E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185B5E
7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##185B5E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##185B5E1.007.792.707.79
#FFFFFF7.791.0021.001.00
#0000002.7021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.791.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#54575E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4A4F5E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005F5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #185b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 91, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.065 199.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898b',
    500: '#185b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #185b5e;
$custom-light: #61898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#185b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43217,
    "c": 0.06463,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#185B5E
secondary
#94413D
accent
#4C45E3
background
#F6F8F8
surface
#EBF0F0
border
#C6CBCB
text
#060B0C
muted
#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

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#185B5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva