#185D59#185D59

#185D59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.067 H 189.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185D59
RGB	rgb(24, 93, 89)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 4.3%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.49, -21.81, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.49, 22.15, 190.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% -0.0657 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.067 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0934, 8.7435, 10.8158)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185D59 #5D181C

analogous

#185D36 #185D59 #183E5D

triadic

#185D59 #59185D #5D5918

tetradic

#185D59 #36185D #5D181C #3E5D18

square

#185D59 #36185D #5D181C #3E5D18

split-complementary

#185D59 #5D183E #5D3618

monochromatic

#061817 #0B2C2A #185D59 #258E88 #31BEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#185D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#185D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185D59

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185D59	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D505A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 93, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.067 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618b87',
    500: '#185d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185d59;
$custom-light: #618b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.522,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43577,
    "c": 0.06661,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185D59

secondary

#933D42

accent

#464FE2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185D59

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

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