#185C59#185C59

#185C59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.066 H 190.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185C59
RGB	rgb(24, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 3.3%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.14, -21.28, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.14, 21.72, 191.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% -0.0646 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.066 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0062, 8.5691, 10.7867)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185C59 #5C181B

analogous

#185C37 #185C59 #183D5C

triadic

#185C59 #59185C #5C5918

tetradic

#185C59 #37185C #5C181B #3D5C18

square

#185C59 #37185C #5C181B #3D5C18

split-complementary

#185C59 #5C183D #5C3718

monochromatic

#061817 #0B2B2A #185C59 #258D88 #31BDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#185C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#185C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185C59

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185C59	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.066 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618a87',
    500: '#185c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185c59;
$custom-light: #618a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.353,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43297,
    "c": 0.06572,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185C59

secondary

#933D41

accent

#464DE2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185C59

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

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