#185C53#185C53

#185C53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.068 H 182.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185C53
RGB	rgb(24, 92, 83)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, -23.16, -0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 23.18, 182.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% -0.0677 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.068 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7644, 8.4724, 9.5135)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185C53 #5C1821

analogous

#185C31 #185C53 #18435C

triadic

#185C53 #53185C #5C5318

tetradic

#185C53 #31185C #5C1821 #435C18

square

#185C53 #31185C #5C1821 #435C18

split-complementary

#185C53 #5C1843 #5C3118

monochromatic

#061816 #0B2B27 #185C53 #258D7F #31BDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#185C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#185C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185C53

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185C53	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 92, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.068 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a83',
    500: '#185c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185c53;
$custom-light: #608a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.059,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43076,
    "c": 0.06772,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185C53

secondary

#933D49

accent

#465BE2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185C53

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

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