#185C55#185C55

#185C55 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.067 H 185.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185C55
RGB	rgb(24, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(174, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 7.6%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.01, -22.54, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.01, 22.64, 185.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% -0.0666 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.067 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8428, 8.5037, 9.9260)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185C55 #5C181F

analogous

#185C33 #185C55 #18415C

triadic

#185C55 #55185C #5C5518

tetradic

#185C55 #33185C #5C181F #415C18

square

#185C55 #33185C #5C181F #415C18

split-complementary

#185C55 #5C1841 #5C3318

monochromatic

#061816 #0B2B28 #185C55 #258D82 #31BDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#185C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#185C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185C55

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185C55	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.067 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a84',
    500: '#185c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185c55;
$custom-light: #608a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.824,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43148,
    "c": 0.06688,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185C55

secondary

#933D46

accent

#4656E2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185C55

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

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