#185E56#185E56

#185E56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.069 H 184.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E56
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.73, -23.26, -1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.73, 23.32, 183.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% -0.0684 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.069 184)
XYZ	xyz(6.0583, 8.8708, 10.1952)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E56 #5E1820

analogous

#185E33 #185E56 #18435E

triadic

#185E56 #56185E #5E5618

tetradic

#185E56 #33185E #5E1820 #435E18

square

#185E56 #33185E #5E1820 #435E18

split-complementary

#185E56 #5E1843 #5E3318

monochromatic

#061816 #0C2D29 #185E56 #248F83 #31C0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#185E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#185E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E56

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E56	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.069 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618c85',
    500: '#185e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e56;
$custom-light: #618c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43748,
    "c": 0.06858,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.08871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E56

secondary

#943D47

accent

#4557E3

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E56

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

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