#187E8B#187E8B

#187E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.088 H 208.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#187E8B
RGB	rgb(24, 126, 139)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(187, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, -22.63, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 27.13, 213.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% -0.0775 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.088 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4957, 16.9784, 27.0397)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#187E8B #8B2518

analogous

#188B5F #187E8B #18448B

triadic

#187E8B #8B187E #7E8B18

tetradic

#187E8B #5F188B #8B2518 #448B18

square

#187E8B #5F188B #8B2518 #448B18

split-complementary

#187E8B #8B1844 #8B5F18

monochromatic

#061F23 #0F4F57 #187E8B #21ADBF #3FCCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#187E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#187E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #187E8B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##187E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##187E8B	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #187e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 126, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.088 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3ac',
    500: '#187e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #187e8b;
$custom-light: #6ca3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#187e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.783,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54494,
    "c": 0.08805,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#187E8B

secondary

#BE4F40

accent

#4F3AED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #187E8B

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

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