#185E51#185E51

#185E51 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.071 H 177.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E51
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(169, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 13.8%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.58, -24.77, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.58, 24.80, 177.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% -0.071 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.071 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8639, 8.7930, 9.1712)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E51 #5E1825

analogous

#185E2E #185E51 #18485E

triadic

#185E51 #51185E #5E5118

tetradic

#185E51 #2E185E #5E1825 #485E18

square

#185E51 #2E185E #5E1825 #485E18

split-complementary

#185E51 #5E1848 #5E2E18

monochromatic

#061815 #0C2D27 #185E51 #248F7B #31C0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#185E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#185E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E51

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E51	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.071 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c81',
    500: '#185e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e51;
$custom-light: #608c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43574,
    "c": 0.07108,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E51

secondary

#943D4E

accent

#4562E3

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E51

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

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