#185D55#185D55

#185D55 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.068 H 183.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185D55
RGB	rgb(24, 93, 85)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 8.6%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.36, -23.06, -1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.36, 23.11, 183.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% -0.0678 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.068 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9300, 8.6781, 9.9551)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185D55 #5D1820

analogous

#185D32 #185D55 #18425D

triadic

#185D55 #55185D #5D5518

tetradic

#185D55 #32185D #5D1820 #425D18

square

#185D55 #32185D #5D1820 #425D18

split-complementary

#185D55 #5D1842 #5D3218

monochromatic

#061816 #0B2C29 #185D55 #258E81 #31BEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#185D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#185D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185D55

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185D55	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 93, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.068 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618b84',
    500: '#185d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185d55;
$custom-light: #618b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.043,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4343,
    "c": 0.06793,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185D55

secondary

#933D47

accent

#4658E2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185D55

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

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