#185E59#185E59

#185E59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.068 H 188.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E59
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(176, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 5.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.83, -22.33, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.83, 22.58, 188.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% -0.0669 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.068 188)
XYZ	xyz(6.1817, 8.9201, 10.8452)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E59 #5E181D

analogous

#185E36 #185E59 #18405E

triadic

#185E59 #59185E #5E5918

tetradic

#185E59 #36185E #5E181D #405E18

square

#185E59 #36185E #5E181D #405E18

split-complementary

#185E59 #5E1840 #5E3618

monochromatic

#061817 #0C2D2B #185E59 #248F87 #31C0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#185E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#185E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E59

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E59	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E515A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.068 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618c87',
    500: '#185e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e59;
$custom-light: #618c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43857,
    "c": 0.06754,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.08921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E59

secondary

#943D44

accent

#4551E3

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E59

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

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