#187C8B#187C8B

#187C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.088 H 210.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#187C8B
RGB	rgb(24, 124, 139)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, -21.57, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 26.83, 216.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% -0.0755 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.088 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2425, 16.4720, 26.9553)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#187C8B #8B2718

analogous

#188B61 #187C8B #18438B

triadic

#187C8B #8B187C #7C8B18

tetradic

#187C8B #61188B #8B2718 #438B18

square

#187C8B #61188B #8B2718 #438B18

split-complementary

#187C8B #8B1843 #8B6118

monochromatic

#061F23 #0F4D57 #187C8B #21ABBF #3FC9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#187C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#187C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #187C8B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##187C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##187C8B	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70778C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #187c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 124, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.088 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca2ac',
    500: '#187c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #187c8b;
$custom-light: #6ca2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#187c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53973,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#187C8B

secondary

#BE5140

accent

#523AED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #187C8B

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

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