#185E5E#185E5E

#185E5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.067 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E5E
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.00, -20.72, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.00, 21.63, 196.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% -0.0644 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.067 195)
XYZ	xyz(6.3989, 9.0070, 11.9888)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E5E #5E1818

analogous

#185E3B #185E5E #183B5E

triadic

#185E5E #5E185E #5E5E18

tetradic

#185E5E #3B185E #5E1818 #3B5E18

square

#185E5E #3B185E #5E1818 #3B5E18

split-complementary

#185E5E #5E183B #5E3B18

monochromatic

#061818 #0C2D2D #185E5E #248F8F #31C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#185E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#185E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E5E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E5E	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57595E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.067 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628c8b',
    500: '#185e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e5e;
$custom-light: #628c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44049,
    "c": 0.06664,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.09008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E5E

secondary

#943D3D

accent

#4545E3

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E5E

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

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