#185E55#185E55

#185E55 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.069 H 182.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E55
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.70, -23.57, -1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.70, 23.59, 182.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% -0.0689 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.069 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0183, 8.8548, 9.9845)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E55 #5E1821

analogous

#185E32 #185E55 #18445E

triadic

#185E55 #55185E #5E5518

tetradic

#185E55 #32185E #5E1821 #445E18

square

#185E55 #32185E #5E1821 #445E18

split-complementary

#185E55 #5E1844 #5E3218

monochromatic

#061816 #0C2D29 #185E55 #248F81 #31C0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#185E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#185E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E55

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E55	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.069 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618c84',
    500: '#185e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e55;
$custom-light: #618c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43712,
    "c": 0.069,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E55

secondary

#943D49

accent

#455AE3

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E55

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

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